Re: (Fwd) Countries without Internet?

["Irfan Khan" <KhanIA@super.net.pk>]

On 11 Jul 99, at 7:56, ^o^ Rajib Subba wrote:

> Can someone help us at it-nepal to find out how many countries have no Net
> access?
 

this is a bit tricky question, as it is easier to answer how many countries 
have FULL internet access. there are countries with partial connectivity, 
BITNET and FIDONET connectivity, etc. the International E-mail 
Accessibility web page [http://www.nsrc.org/codes/country-codes.html] is an 
excellent resource that answers many questions on this issue. it is updated 
regularly.

here is a list, derived from the above mentioned page, of countries that do 
NOT have FULL internet connectivity; or have PROVISIONAL internet 
connectivity; or have a "courtesy" top-level domain (TLD), which means that 
there is no "physical access as such"; or just have UUCP and/or FIDONET 
connectivity.

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AC   Ascension Island
AF   Afghanistan(Islamic St.)
BV   Bouvet Island
CC   Cocos (Keeling) Isl.
CD   Rep. Dem. Congo     
CG   Congo               
CK   Cook Islands        
CX   Christmas Island    
EH   Western Sahara
ER   Eritrea       
FK   Falkland Isl.(Malvinas) 
GS   South Georgia  and South Sandwich Islands 
HM   Heard & McDonald Isl.      
IQ   Iraq
KN   St.Kitts Nevis Ang.  
KP   Korea (North)        
LA   Laos                 
LY   Libya                
MH   Marshall Islands     
MM   Myanmar              
MS   Montserrat           
NF   Norfolk Island       
NR   Nauru
NU   Niue 
PM   St. Pierre & Miquelon        
PN   Pitcairn
PW   Palau
SH   St. Helena  
SO   Somalia
ST   St. Tome and Principe       
TF   French Southern Terr.       
TJ   Tadjikistan                 
TK   Tokelau      
TM   Turkmenistan 
TP   East Timor                 
TV   Tuvalu                     
VC   St.Vincent & Grenadines    
WF   Wallis & Futuna Islands
YT   Mayotte

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please refer to the original list for footnotes and more detail. also refer 
to "Where to find further information" 
[http://www.nsrc.org/codes/bymap/notes.html#whereto] on the same website.

as has been pointed out in a recent report by the Human Rights Watch 
[http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/internet/mena/index.htm], access cost is also 
a factor that determines connectivity in the real sense of the word.


irfan