Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!gargoyle!ddsw1!olsa99!ctk1!undeed!ucthpx!pinkham From: pinkham@ucthpx.UUCP (Chris Pinkham) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: 24 Countries (was: Ping a host in Africa?) Message-ID: <907@ucthpx.UUCP> Date: 29 Nov 90 10:00:01 GMT References: Reply-To: pinkham@ucthpx.UUCP (Chris Pinkham) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 19 In article dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes: > >Regarding the continent of Africa: I have gotten no indications of any >non-commercial IP connection to anywhere in Africa, although several >people who responded to my first message presume (as I do) that South >Africa [ZA] will connect sometime soon. I don't know of any IP connection to Africa. There certainly isn't any such connection to Southern Africa. The ZA domain is currently being served via a dial-up uucp link, thence onto an internal academic TCP/IP network. Connecting using IP is currently under consideration, with the major hurdle being the cost of a dedicated link. Don may well be able to ping us within a year (hope so, anyway!). -- Chris Pinkham Internet: pinkham@ucthpx.uct.ac.za Systems Programmer UUCP: ...!m2xenix!quagga!ucthpx!pinkham University of Cape Town