[kictanet] VSAT need information

[McTim]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:49 PM, warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
> McTim, do you have a name I can cite you by as a source?

Certainly, Timothy McGinnis is the name on my passport, but even in
Egypt, all the Ministry guys and ISP staff who know me only know the
"McTim" brand ;-)

BTW, most of these stories are about dialin to EU providers during the
Internet shut off...was it all vaporware?

http://www.google.co.ke/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=egypt+interent+dialin

>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:55 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> yes, the only way to shut off a vsat is to go to the site and
>> physically shut it down. Egypt is back online tho. What folk there did
>> is dial in to eu dialup  numbers set up by eu folk for just this
>> purpose. ThePOTS system was working in egypt, when mobile and internet
>> was cut off. Rgds, mctim
>>
>> On 2/25/11, warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear technical people, esp michuki, mctim, and Jean
>> >
>> > given that Egypt, and now Libya have cut off Internet access, would it
>> > be
>> > possible to invest in VSATs in order to get some limited internet access
>> > via
>> > sattelite? Obviously, this will not help egyptian sites, but may allow
>> > access to sites based in the US?
>> >
>> > Please advise.
>> >
>> > Rigia
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dr. Warigia Bowman
>> > Visiting Assistant Professor
>> > American University in Cairo
>> > Global Affairs and Public Policy
>> > (office)(202)2615-4346
>> > (cell) (201)05590948
>> > warigia at aucegypt.edu
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Warigia Bowman
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> American University in Cairo
> Global Affairs and Public Policy
> (office)(202)2615-4346
> (cell) (201)05590948
> warigia at aucegypt.edu
>
>



-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel