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From: KLUB@maristb.bitnet (Richard Budd)
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Subject: Re: Israel Connectivity Status
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Date: 26 Jan 91 02:46:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 68, Message 11 of 11


Hank Nussbacher <HANK@vm.tau.ac.il>writes in TELECOM Digest V11 #59
 
>Our PTT has also started using its new fiber optic cable - AMOS -
>ahead of schedule.  This links into TAT8.  The fiber optic cable is a
>joint venture among all Med. countries, including Greece, Cyprus,
>Italy as well as others.
 
I'm curious whether Egypt, Turkey, or Syria are among the
Mediterranean countries included in the AMOS fiber optic venture
considering the strained relations between Greece and Turkey over
Cyprus and the belligerent state of affairs between Syria and Israel.
Of course, it could be possible.  I just finished explaining to
someone about an Iranian student who receives his news from Israeli
radio.
 
 
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