Connectivity Providers Database

From: Saliel Figueira Filho <saff@alternex.com.br> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 11:24:11 -0200 (EDT) To: "Steven G. Huter" <sghuter@nsrc.org> Hi, > Could you please provide a brief update about Alternex....... AlterNex was the first ISP in Brazil. Today, it is ranked among the top 10 providers. We are a multihomed ISP, running our own AS. We have fract. E1 links to the main Internet backbones in Brazil: 768k to Embratel (the biggest backbone, used to be state company, now is MCI's) 384k to RNP (national research Network) 256k to Global One We have our own POP in Rio de Janeiro. In other cities, we buy bulk modem time from Global One POPs. Today, Global One has POPs in: . Sao Paulo . Sao Jose dos Campos . Campinas . Curitiba . Porto Alegre . Brasilia . Goiania . Belo Horizonte . Salvador . Fortaleza Abraço, Saliel