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Wamani (Indian name: spirit of nature )
CCI-Red Wamani
Talcahuano 325-3F
1013 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54-1/382 6842, 793 1502
E-mail: info@wamani.apc.org
Contact person: Carlos Alvarez (Node Director)
Number of registered users: 100
Number of active users: 60
Brief Description
Wamani is a member of the international network of the
Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
Services Available
It provides access to more than 150 conferences about peace,
human rights, population development, education, health,
environment, ecology, energy, political information,
international information, regional information, women,
children, and other issues of concern to the NGO community.
It supports Spanish and English. International messages are
delivered within three hours.
Charges
Registration for institutions:US$15-30 (1 Argentine Peso =
US$1).
Monthly subscription: US$10-20.
Connect charges:US$3-4/hour if used more than 3 hours/month.
To receive messages: up to 500 Kbs/month free.
Key NGO Users
A number of NGOs use Wamani.
Additional Information
Wamani suggests you contact them before buying a modem and
recommends modems with V.42bis hardware protocol. The system
responds to any modem and has at its end 14,400 modems with
V.42bis protocol.
Special workshops offering basic orientation about networks and the use of the Wamani system take place periodically.
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COB-The College of the Bahamas
Thompson Blvd
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel: +809/323 8550
Fax: +809/326 7834
E-mail: ambri@cob.edu.bs
Contact person: Barbara C. Ambrister
Number of registered users: 70
Number of active users: 25
Brief Description
No specific information is available about this network.
Services Available
It provides access to e-mail within the country and
internationally. It supports communications in English and
international e-mail is delivered within 12 hours.
Charges
No registration fee.
Monthly subscription: Depends on monthly volume of e-mail (up
to 30,000 Kb: US$5; 60,000 Kb: US$10 and so on).
No connect charges per minute.
No charges to send or receive international messages.
Key NGO Users
Neil Sealey Nsealey
Additional Information
They suggest modems be purchased from the US. The system
responds to any type of modem but they prefer 14,400 modems.
They plan to make their system available to the student body
via local area network shortly.
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University College of Belize
PO Box 990
Belize City, Belize
Tel: +501-2/32732
Fax: +501-2/30255
E-mail: brian@ucb.edu.bz or brian%ucb@upr2.clu.net
Contact person: Brian Candler
Number of registered users: 22 (UUCP accounts)
Number of active users: 20 (UUCP accounts)
Brief Description
No details are available about the history of this network.
Services Available
They run a UUCP e-mail system. Users compose and read messages
locally on their own system. On request, their computer polls
to UCB s e-mail system to exchange mail in a short burst. If
needed, twice daily, they forward Internet mail via UUCP, so
international mail takes a maximum of 12 hours to reach its
destination.
They currently receive only CREAD (distance education) and
CDS/ISIS mailing lists.
Charges
No registration charges.
Monthly subscription: Bz$50 or US$25.
No connect charges.
To receive international messages: Bz40½/message plus Bz1½/150
bytes (about 150 characters).
To send international messages: Bz1½/133 bytes (about 133
characters).
Key NGO Users
In certain areas (Central Farm, Toledo) connections at 9600bps may not be possible or reliable; 2400bps works country-wide, even over radio and cellular phones.
They supply e-mail software for DOS and are in the process of procuring Macintosh software.
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Alternex
IBASE
Rua Vincente de Souza, 29
22251-070 Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Tel: +55-21/286 0348
Fax: +55-21/286 0541
E-mail: suporte@ax.apc.org
Contact person: support staff
Number of users: 1000 (approx.)
Brief Description
Alternex (http://ax.apc.org) is on its way to becoming a major Internet Access
Center from its BBS services and is Brazil s main provider of
non-academic access to the Internet. Alternex is a project of
IBASE (the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic
Analyses), a non-profit consultancy and research NGO. Alternex
is the Brazilian member of the international network of APC and
provides international connectivity to a number of networks in
Brazil. A number of smaller BBSs (30+) use Alternex to channel
their international e-mail traffic.
Services Available
It provides access to hundreds of conferences on human rights,
women, development, hunger and other issues concerning the NGO
community.
Charges
Registration charges: US$20.
Monthly subscription: US$10 minimum.
Connect charges: US$2-10 (if beyond monthly free connect time
limit).
Key NGO Users
Hundreds of NGOs, community, labour groups and others use
Alternex.
Additional Information
No specific information is available about modem purchase.
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COLNODO
Carrera 23 No. 39-82
Bogota, Colombia
Tel: +57-1/2444696, 2697181, 2697202
Fax: +57-1/2444984
BBS: +57-1/2445246
E-mail: julian@colnodo.igc.apc.org
Contact person: Julian Casasbuenas
Number of registered users: 80-100 (approx.)
Number of active users: 40 (June 1994)
Brief Description
Colnodo is governed by the Colombian Association of
Non-Governmental Organizations for Electronic Mail
Communication and operated by Antenna Colombia. It is the
member of the international network of APC for Colombia
Services Available
This system provides 24-hour service and can be accessed from
anywhere. International e-mail takes around six hours to reach
international networks. It provides access in Spanish and
English.
It receives the following APC conferences:
eai.news,
nacla.report, ilsa.actualida, alai.amlatina, ilsa.comercio,
dh.amlatina, ilsa.trade.
The following areas may interest NGO users:
national and
international events of interest for the NGO community,
economics indicators, ecology, children s issues, national
debt, newspaper clippings.
Charges
Registration (one-time fee): US$20.
Monthly subscription: 8.600 pesos or US$10.
Connect charges/minute: US$4 after the first hour.
No charges to send/receive messages within the country.
To receive international messages: 70 pesos or US$0.081/Kb.
To send international messages: 100 pesos or US$0.116/Kb.
Key NGO Users
Colnode offers on-line access to 17 databases, most of them NGO documentation centers.
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REDID (Red Dominicana de Intercambio para el Desarollo)
c/o FUNREDES
BP 2972
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: +1-809/535 2422, 535 6614
E-mail: pimienta!daniel@redid.org.do (or)
cieca1!cries@redid.org.do
Contact person: Pimienta Daniel, Pavel Isa Contreras
(President)
Number of registered users: 100 (UUCP accounts)
Number of active users: 40 (UUCP accounts)
Brief Description
FUNREDES is an international NGO dedicated to disseminating of the Newer Information and Communications Technologies (NICT) in developing countries. Dominican National Network (REDID) is a project of FUNREDES.
Services Available
They coordinate four public listserv:
(REDALC@frmop11.cnusc.fr, for the whole of Latin America and
Caribbean; SALSA@conicit.ve for the Caribbean;
KISKEYA@conicit.ve for the Dominican Republic; and
HAITI-L@conicit.ve).
The system provides 24-hour service. Average turnaround time for international messages is less than one hour. Within the country the system can be accessed using a toll-free telephone number.
Charges
Registration charges: About US$250/year (per institution) plus
US$75 for each additional user in the institution (except if
they share the same address structure in the same terminal, for
example, Institution!user1@redid.org.do and
Institution!user2@redid.org.do).
Monthly subscription: 250 pesos or US$20.
No other charges for international or national e-mail traffic.
Key NGO Users
Most users are NGOs from 50 member institutions.
Additional Information
Modems can be bought in the country but some people find they
are less expensive and there is more choice in the US.
A 2400bps Hayes compatible is recommended. Higher speeds are
not yet supported on the user side. REDID organizes training
programs on a regular basis.
Users are provided with free, multilanguage, easy-to-use, installed software called MULBRI.
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Ecuanex
12 de Octubre 622, of. 504
Casilla 17-12-566
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593-2/528716
Fax: +593-2/505073
E-mail: admin@intecx.ecx.apc.org / admin@intecx.ecx.ec
Contact person: Thomas Walsh
Number of registered users: 155
Number of active users: 120
Brief Description
Ecuanex is the member of the international network of APC from
Ecuador.
Services Available
It provides e-mail facilities for national and international
communications and access to conferences. Local conferences
include discussion areas on women, human rights, indigenous
people, environment, and social sciences. It also provides
local access to APC conferences on women, environment, and
human rights issues. It supports Spanish and English.
Charges
Registration (one-time fee): US$15.
Monthly subscription: 22,000 sucres or US$10.
No connect charges.
To send international messages: US$0.25/Kb.
To receive international messages: US$0.12/Kb.
Key NGO Users
Ecuanex is used by a number of NGOs.
Additional Information
Modems are available in Ecuador. Modems which support MNP error
correction protocols should be purchased.
The service offers training in use of communications software. Three half-day courses cost 40,000 sucres.
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Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Apartado Postal #82
Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
Tel: +502/269 0791 thru 1995
E-mail: furlan@uvg.edu.gt
Contact person:Luis R. Furlan
Number of registered users: 100
Number of active users: 85
Brief Description
This node was originally open only to the Universidad del Valle
community. In July 1993 it was opened to outsiders on the
condition that their line of work be academic/scientific or
that it influence the country s development in a positive way.
Services Available
This node provides 24-hour service. International messages can
take up to 24 hours to reach their destination.
Charges
Registration charges: US$20.
Monthly subscription: 11.40 Quetzales (approx.) or US$2.
Connect charges per minute: 0.57 Quetzales (approx.) or
US$0.10.
No charges to send/receive international messages.
Key NGO Users
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Réseau télematique haitien pour la recherche et le
développement (REHRED)
Address in Santo Domingo (as responsible for the network
project):
c/o Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (FUNREDES)
BP2972
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: +1-809/535 2422, 535 6614, 535 6646
E-mail: pimienta!daniel@redid.org.do or
jansen!senaida@redid.org.do
Contact person: Pimienta Daniel Senaida Jansen
Address in Port-au-Prince
(as member of the local committee for the creation of REHRED)
c/o Centre de Recherche et de Formation Economique et Sociale
pour le Développement (CRESFED)
POB 15294, Petion Ville
Port au Prince PAP, Republic of Haiti
Tel: +1-509/453100, 452828, 452759
Fax: +1-509/452099
E-mail: cresfed@haiti.acnmiami.com
Contact person: Gerard Pierre Charles (contact for Initiative group)
Joanisse Domerson (in charge of CRESFED e-mail)
Number of registered users: 5
Brief Description
REHRED is a network project of five NGOs working on various
research issues. These NGOs have access to the Internet through
ACN, a company located in Miami. ACN gives members of the
Initiative Group access at cost price.
Services Available
REHRED provides 24-hour access to e-mail facilities.
International e-mail takes a maximum 24 hours.
It also provides access to a number of discussion areas.
Discussion lists hosted in Venezuela are haiti-l@conicit.ve
Haitien researchers and all researchers interested in Haiti
worldwide.
Charges
No specific information is available on charges.
Key NGO Users
Five member institutions and other associated NGOs.
Additional Information
They recommend 2400bps Hayes compatible modems to access these
facilities. Higher speed modems are not yet supported on the
user side.
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Laneta
Tlalpan 1025,
Mexico City DF, Mexico
Tel: +52-5/277 4791
E-mail: soporte@laneta.apc.org
Contact person: Jaques Lefebre, Adolfo Dunayevich
Number of registered users: 200+ (July 1994)
Number of active users: 100 (July 1994) approx.
Brief Description
Laneta is the member of the international network of APC for
Mexico.
Services Available
This system provides 24-hour service and supports Spanish and
English. International messages take about two hours to reach
international networks. The system can be accessed from all
parts of Mexico (in batch mode).
The following APC conferences are available locally:
icpd.general, trade.news, panna.panups, dh.mujer, reg.mexico
and susag.news.
Areas of NGOs interest include trade (NAFTA), human rights, women, environment, Central America and refugees.
Charges (April 1994)
Registration: US$34.
Monthly subscription: 50 N$ or US$17.
No connect charges or charges to send/receive messages from
either within the country or internationally.
Key NGO Users
The system responds to any good modem, but V32bis (14,400) is the best choice. They provide a special program to get on-line free of charge.
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NICARAO
CRIES
De la Iglesia El Carmen 1 cuadra al lago
Managua, Nicaragua
Tel: +505-2/283092, 281312
E-mail: ayuda@nicarao.apc.org/support@nicarao.apc.org
Contact person: Sergio, Lucia, Angela, Patricia
Number of registered users: 650
Number of active users: 500
Brief Description
Nicarao is the member of the international network of APC for
Nicaragua.
Services Available
It receives a number of APC conferences:
ips.english,
ips.espanol, reg.* (one for each country in central america),
reg.carib, reg.cuba, reg.latinamerica, trade.library,
trade.strategy, women.events and women.labr.
This node can be accessed from anywhere in Nicaragua and throughout Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama).
The system is available 24 hours a day and international messages take a maximum of eight hours to reach other international networks. It supports Spanish and English. In addition to the above, APC conferences in the following key areas of discussion may interest NGOs:
human rights: dh.mujer, dh.nicaragua, dh.panama centralamerica: cela.pancanal (CELA) reg.anuncios (CONCERTACION) libraries: biblio.centroam, cries.tabcon
Charges
Registration: US$25.
Monthly subscription: US$7.50.
Connect charge/minute: national: US$0.03; Central America and
Panama: US$0.07.
No charges to receive messages.
To send messages: US$0.25/message, plus US$0.15/Kb.
Key NGO Users
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Institute of Self-Improvement Systems (ISIS)
PO Box 990
Castries, St. Lucia
Tel: +809-452-3702, 452-5444
Modem / Data: 809-453-7689
E-mail: (username)@isis.org.lc
Contact person: Albert H. Daniels
Number of registered users: 65
Number of active users: 45
Brief Description
ISIS is a private non-profit organization specializing in
education and training for the development of local and
regional human resources.
Services Available
It provides 24-hour access and international mail takes about
30 minutes to reach its destination.
Charges
Rates may vary based on the organizational set-up.
Monthly subscription: 30 EC$ (single user) US$11.02
Key NGO Users
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Chasque
Jackson 1136
Montevideo 11100, Uruguay
Tel: +598-2/496192
E-mail: apoyo@chasque.apc.org
Contact person: Gabriel Sere
Number of registered users: 500
Number of active users: 300
Brief Description
Chasque was available as a BBS for a number of years before
becoming a network connected to international networks. Chasque
is the member of the international network of APC for Uruguay.
Services Available
It supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, and
provides national and international e-mail services. It
provides a number of APC conferences on environment, human
rights, development, education, women, and NGO issues.
Charges
No registration charges.
Monthly subscription: 50 pesos or US$10.
Connect charges/minute: 0.25 pesos or US$0.05 after first hour.
To receive international messages: US$0.05/Kb.
To send international messages: US$0.10/Kb.
Key NGO Users
A number of NGOs use Chasque.
Additional Information
Modems are easily available and not expensive in Uruguay. Users
get a communications program free.
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