[kictanet] VSAT need information

[warigia bowman]

Hi Tim

I am trying to get a piece published in the cairo review, and wanted to cite
you.

anyway, I don't know what vaporware is. what I know is that we were so busy
obeying the curfew, and trying not to get robbed, that we did not even try
to get online.

But I am not a hard core techno geek. I will ask our IT staff for you, okay?


Rigia

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:27 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>



-- 
 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
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