African colleges are merging into Internet fast lane

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  1. chydenius

    chydenius New Member

    chydenius, Mar 19, 2006
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  2. Haggai12

    Haggai12 Member

    Bad link??

    Don't know if I'm unique, but tried the link and got this:

    "Please register or log in
    The story you requested is available only to registered members."

    If so for others, you try copy/pasting article to your message.
     
    Haggai12, Mar 20, 2006
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  3. chydenius

    chydenius New Member

    Re: Bad link??

    The moderators ask that we not post the full text of articles. However Registration is free.

    I don't recall registering with the Chicago Tribune, otherwise I would have included the registration link in my original post. Thank you for pointing this out.
     
    chydenius, Mar 21, 2006
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Re: Re: Bad link??

    As usual, BugMeNot has the answer. Use this login:

    user: [email protected]
    pass: grrgrr

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Mar 21, 2006
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  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    As for the actual article...

    That seems like a really helpful initiative. I was struck where it said, "Many African countries face similar problems, one reason that Internet access at most African universities costs $10,000 a month for the same bandwidth American and European universities enjoy for $100 a month." This was the way in the English-speaking Caribbean, at least a few years ago. To co-locate a server at Cable & Wireless with a T1 connection in Dominica cost $10,000 per month. Totally outrageous!

    I hope they enjoy their satellite connection, but can stand the latency. Half a second each way can get on your nerves after a while. I ought to know -- that's how I connected my server in Dominica to the Internet to avoid Cable & Wireless!

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Mar 21, 2006
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