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From: "Adolfo Justiniano" <adolfo@scbbs.net> To: 'Steven G. Huter' <sghuter@nsrc.org> Cc: "'Maria Dolores Lizarzaburu'" <mlizarza@darkwing.uoregon.edu> Time: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:04:14 -0400 Subject: RE: El desarrollo del Internet en Bolivia Dear Maria Dolores & Steve, Following is the information about International Internet carriers, ISP's, Universities and the changes in Bolivia regarding the Internet communications during the last years: International Internet carriers with presence in Bolivia: - Entelnet (www.entelnet.bo) Contact: Marcelo Ibañez (mibanez@entelnet.bo) - AES Communications Bolivia (www.acelerate.com) Contact: Antonio Mendez (antonio@acelerate.com) ISP's: - Entelnet (listed above) - POP's: Major Bolivian cities (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Oruro, Potosi, Trinidad, Tarija & Sucre) - services: dial-up, ADSL, Wi-Fi, dedicated & hosting - AES Communications Bolivia (listed above) - POP's: La Paz & Santa Cruz - Services: dial-up, ADSL & dedicated - Cotasnet (www.cotasnet.com.bo) Contact: German Camacho (germanc@cotas.com.bo) - POP's: Santa Cruz, Warnes, Montero, Riberalta - Services: dial-up, ADSL, dedicated & hosting - Megalink (www.megalink.com) Contact: Javier Galvez (jgalvez@megalink.com) - POP: La Paz - Services: dial-up, ADSL, dedicated & hosting - Santa Cruz BBS (www.scbbs.net) Contact: Adolfo Justiniano (adolfo@scbbs.net) - POP: Santa Cruz - Services: dial-up, dedicated & hosting - Infonet (www.infonet.com.bo) Contact: Herman Camacho (herman@sera-bo.com) - POP: Santa Cruz - Services: dial-up & hosting - ITS (www.its.com.bo) Contact: Jose Quiroga - POP: Santa Cruz - Services: dial-up & cable (one-way) - Comteco (www.comteco.com.bo) POP: Cochabamba - Services: dial-up - Cotel (www.cotel.bo) POP: La Paz - Services: dial-up - Bolinet (www.bolinet.net.bo) POP: Santa Cruz - Services: dial-up & hosting - Unete (www.unete.com.bo) Contact: Brian Reale - POP: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz & Sucre - Services: dial-up, dedicated & hosting - Digital World Service (www.kolla.net) POP: La Paz - Services: dial-up & hosting - Compunet (www.cnb.net) POP: Cochabamba - Services: dial-up & hosting Universities: - Universidad Nur (www.nur.edu) Contact: Julio Porcel (jporcel@nur.edu) - Universidad Tecnica Privada de Santa Cruz (www.utepsa.edu) Contact: Javier Casal (jcasaln@utepsa.edu) - Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz (www.upsa.edu) There is some interesting information about communications in Bolivia that you could find in this site: http://www.llama-masbarato.com/proveedores_internet_bolivia.html The main improvements that we have had these last years are that several companies are offering broadband services like ADSL, Wi-Fi (started this month) and cable (even that's one way, the users has to connect by dial-up to send the requests) Because of the competition between ISP's have dropped prices in a good percentage. Since there are now two international providers Internet bandwidth is less expensive too. Prices for dial-up lines (E1) have dropped too, mainly because SITTEL (Superintendencia de Telecomuniciaciones - www.sittel.gov.bo) has imposed lower prices, but they still very expensive if compared to other countries in our region. Small ISP's aren't able to provide broadband services because the Telco's that usually are also ISP's doesn't want to rent leased lines to provide the services and it's nothing easy to get a license to provide wireless service. Entelnet had to make a partnership with a wireless cable TV company in order to provide the wi-fi service. I hope this information is helpful. Best regards, Adolfo Justiniano Santa Cruz BBS e-mail: adolfo@scbbs.net http://www.scbbs.net