Re: Electronic Mail To Africa

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From: Andy Perrin
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 03:23

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In article <9311181450.AA24706@gn.apc.org>, Karen Banks <karenb@GN.APC.ORG>
wrote:

> There are NO interenet sites in
> sub-saharan africa. Every host is either fido/uucp based, there
> is some degree of x25 and dedicated leased line activity by
> individuals and large ML institutions.

This is not true; UNINET-ZA is a significant and fully-connected internet
site; it is the South African internet domain and the gateway throug which
several other Southern African sites get e-mail access.  Last I checked
South Africa was sub-Saharan.

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Andy Perrin - Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA, 19081-1397 USA
aperrin1@cc.swarthmore.edu - aperrin@igc.apc.org
U.S. Correspondent, The Namibian, Windhoek, Namibia

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