Zimbabwe

[Teddy David Mills]

I am sure other countries are looking at this, and seeing how they will 
solve this. Zimbabwe without internet is not the same as say, Spain 
without Internet.
Internet is way down the list, but it is there, and its important too. 
Although if you think about it...710K US should be pretty small potatoes 
for a country.
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Internet services in Zimbabwe almost ground to a halt after fixed 
telephone provider TelOne said it had been disconnected from a satellite 
link for racking up arrears of 710,000 dollars.
"We have been disconnected but we have since written a letter to the 
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) explaining our situation that we need 
710,000 US dollars to offset our dues,"
Wellington Makamure, the state-owned TelOne's managing director told AFP.
"They (RBZ) have helped us before and we are hopeful that the funds will 
be made available," to bail the firm out, he said Thursday.
The move has resulted in slower browsing speeds for internet users. 
"This is catastrophic as all legal Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 
utilise TelOne for their outgoing bandwidth to the
World Wide Web as well as for e-mail traffic," MWeb, the country's 
largest ISP, said in a statement. "Thus all such ISPs have and are being 
affected by this down time.
In short, this is causing an almost collapse of the Internet in 
Zimbabwe." Makamure said the country is currently "re-routing every 
internet communication using other various options",
but did not explain further. The southern African country is in the 
midst of an economic crisis characterised by four-digit inflation, 
soaring poverty levels, an unemployment rate hovering
at over 70 percent and chronic shortages of fuel and basic goods such as 
cornmeal. — AFP


Internet services in Zimbabwe almost ground to a halt after fixed 
telephone provider TelOne said it had been disconnected from a satellite 
link for racking up arrears of 710,000 dollars.
.
"We have been disconnected but we have since written a letter to the 
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) explaining our situation that we need 
710,000 US dollars to offset our dues," Wellington Makamure, the 
state-owned TelOne's managing director told AFP.
.
"They (RBZ) have helped us before and we are hopeful that the funds will 
be made available," to bail the firm out, he said Thursday.
.
The move has resulted in slower browsing speeds for internet users.
.
"This is catastrophic as all legal Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 
utilise TelOne for their outgoing bandwidth to the World Wide Web as 
well as for e-mail traffic," MWeb, the country's largest ISP, said in a 
statement.
.
"Thus all such ISPs have and are being affected by this down time. In 
short, this is causing an almost collapse of the Internet in Zimbabwe."
.
Makamure said the country is currently "re-routing every internet 
communication using other various options", but did not explain further.
.
The southern African country is in the midst of an economic crisis 
characterised by four-digit inflation, soaring poverty levels, an 
unemployment rate hovering at over 70 percent and chronic shortages of 
fuel and basic goods such as cornmeal. — AFP





Internet services in Zimbabwe almost ground to a halt after fixed 
telephone provider TelOne said it had been disconnected from a satellite 
link for racking up arrears of 710,000 dollars.
.
"We have been disconnected but we have since written a letter to the 
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) explaining our situation that we need 
710,000 US dollars to offset our dues," Wellington Makamure, the 
state-owned TelOne's managing director told AFP.
.
"They (RBZ) have helped us before and we are hopeful that the funds will 
be made available," to bail the firm out, he said Thursday.
.
The move has resulted in slower browsing speeds for internet users.
.
"This is catastrophic as all legal Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 
utilise TelOne for their outgoing bandwidth to the World Wide Web as 
well as for e-mail traffic," MWeb, the country's largest ISP, said in a 
statement.
.
"Thus all such ISPs have and are being affected by this down time. In 
short, this is causing an almost collapse of the Internet in Zimbabwe."
.
Makamure said the country is currently "re-routing every internet 
communication using other various options", but did not explain further.
.
The southern African country is in the midst of an economic crisis 
characterised by four-digit inflation, soaring poverty levels, an 
unemployment rate hovering at over 70 percent and chronic shortages of 
fuel and basic goods such as cornmeal. — AFP

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