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From: Saul Hahn <shahn@umd5.umd.edu> To: enredo@conicit.ve, gdt@prwtos.crnet.cr, randy@psg.com, sgoldste@nsf.gov CC: amr@cnri.reston.va, lhl@cs.wisc.edu, shahn@umd5.umd.edu, vcerf@cnri.reston.va Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 18:43:43 -0400 ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES REDHUCYT AND CUNET INFORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT Ref: JAMNet connection to the Internet We are very pleased to announce the connection of JAMNet, the Jamaican Network to Internet. As of August 15, a 64Kbps satellite link connects Jamaica and NSFNet in the Unites States. With this link and through an FDDI ring, 400 hosts at the University of West Indies (UWI) will have full connectivity to Internet. In addition, a direct link between the College of Arts, Science and Technology, CAST, has also been established allowing full IP linkage for the institution, which in turn allows connectivity to many outside users. The project was established within the framework of the Hemisphere Wide Inter-University Scientific and Technological Information Network, RedHuCyT, of the Organization of American States (OAS) and its sub-project Caribbean Academic, Scientific and Technological Network, CUNet. This connection concludes the project's second phase started two years ago under CUNet's dial- up connections, still now in operation, and extending from Jamaica to the University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan Puerto Rico. We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the many institutions and persons that made this project possible including the authorities of UWI and CAST, in particular Drs. Gerold Lalor, Principal and Alfred Sangster, President, respectively; Keith Manison, UWI's CUNet and JAMNet Coordinator, and Jeremy White of UWI. A well deserved recognition to our own team of specialists, particularly Archie Marshall who devoted so much time and energy in this project, and is still in Jamaica finishing up the details; Dr. Guy de Teramond and Abel Brenes from Costa Rica, CRNet, and Roger Brenes (SINSA) that traveled in a blitz trip to Kingston to help to fine tune the connection and routers, modems, etc; our friends, Steve Goldstein (NSF) and Randy Bush-just holler- always ready to give a hand; our staff here in Washington, Santiago Aguilar, Manuel Mari and Miriam Oliver; to our Office personnel in Kingston; the excellent support of Sprint-this past Friday they had to stay up most of the night trying to correct some addressing problems under an emergency call from Archie to my Office to Steve to Sprint...- and so many other persons that are not mentioned here but I invite to feel included in this recognition. Saul Hahn Coordinator, Basic Sciences and Networking RedHUCyT, CUNet Department of Scientific and Technological Affairs Organization of American States +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PING 192.157.65.34: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=0. time=671. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=1. time=648. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=2. time=625. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=3. time=683. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=4. time=699. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=6. time=679. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=7. time=683. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=8. time=636. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=9. time=656. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=10. time=625. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=11. time=636. ms 64 bytes from 192.157.65.34: icmp_seq=12. time=675. ms ----192.157.65.34 PING Statistics---- 14 packets transmitted, 12 packets received, 14% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 625/659/699
