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From: Dev Anand Teelucksingh <admin@ttcsweb.org> To: Maria Dolores Lizarzaburu <mlizarza@uoregon.edu> Time: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:51:29 -0400 Subject: Re: Trinidad and Tobago and the Internet] Do refer to our page "Internet access options in TnT" at http://www.ttcsweb.org/articles/isptnt/ Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Could you please provide a brief technical description of Trinidad and Tobago's external connectivity to the Internet - including upstream provider(s), international bandwidth of the link(s), etc. ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSTT (http://www.tstt.co.tt/), the sole provider telecom provider of fixed line (and ADSL) and mobile phones in Trinidad and Tobago has sole access to a fiber connection. According to a ad in 2005, TSTT increased its bandwidth capacity from 180 Mbits/s to 335 Mbits/s Many of the other independent ISPs (see http://www.aiisp.org/) use internet access via satellite for their internet access or as a supplement to buying internet access from TSTT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Please list the ISP(s) offering service in Trinidad and Tobago that have external/international connectivity. Please, include the URLs and the name and email of a technical or administrative contact. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial-up, ADSL, GPRS : * TSTT : http://www.tstt.co.tt Dial-up access : * WOW.net : http://www.wow.net/ * Carib-link http://www.carib-link.net/ Cable-nett http://www.cablenett.net/ Rave http://www.rave-tt.net/ Interserv http://www.trinidad.net/ - all owned by the same parent company, the Gillete Group http://www.gillettegroup.com/ Wireless (line of sight, requiring proprietary antenna) * Cariblink's Proxmity@Home http://www.carib-link.net/ * Lisa Communications "BlueSky" (Tel (868)-625-5000) * GreenDot (Tel (868)-622-5700) Cable : Fiberline http://www.fiberline.tt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3)Please describe examples of local scientific or medical projects currently using the Internet in Trinidad and Tobago if possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFAIK, nothing specific that has been publicly announced.....unless you count the Virtual Health Library launched by the Ministry of Health http://www.vhl.org.tt/html/en/home.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4)What percentage of the population is currently connected to the Internet? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a report by the Ministry of Public Administration & Information done as part of its Fastforward plan (http://www.fastforward.tt) National Information and Communication Technology Benchmarking Study – Trinidad versus Selected Comparator Countries http://www.nict.gov.tt/downloads/National_ICT_Benchmarking_Study-Full_Report.pdf (PDF ; 858K) The report estimates that roughly 9% of the population (T&T population is 1.3 million) or around 120,000 persons are considered "regular internet users" Dev Anand Teelucksingh <admin@ttcsweb.org>
