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Nectar Net

Nectar Net. Warren Matthews (Georgia Tech) warren.matthews@oit.gatech.edu. Around the World. London. Moscow. Metz. Atlanta. Barcelona. Bangalore. Mexico. Singapore. Brazil. Pretoria. Nectar Net. Grew out of a need for better connectivity.

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Nectar Net

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  1. Nectar Net Warren Matthews (Georgia Tech) warren.matthews@oit.gatech.edu

  2. Around the World London Moscow Metz Atlanta Barcelona Bangalore Mexico Singapore Brazil Pretoria Nectar Net

  3. Nectar Net • Grew out of a need for better connectivity. • Quickly found many others interested in better connectivity with Africa. • But Africa is Hard • 11 million sq miles • 600 million people • 54 countries (48 Sub-Saharan) • Hardest of all is telecommunications Nectar Net

  4. Organizations on the Ground • Fortunately • IBAUD • USAID – Leland Project • Network Startup Resource Center • Wider Net • Digital Freedom Initiative (Senegal) • eJDS Nectar Net

  5. Nectar Net • A high capacity, high performance International network connection. • Currently working on • West and South Africa • Several connections using SAT3 (Sesimbra) • Dakar, Accra, Lagos, Douala, Cape Town. • Perhaps future expansion • Deeper penetration (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger) • Central and East Africa • India using SAFE Nectar Net

  6. Medical Research CDC (DPD, GAP) NIH (NLM/MIMCOM) South African Medical Research Council (MRC) Academic Research NCAR/AMMA USGS/GSDI African Studies (Emory University) AIMS ZooAtlanta Applications Nectar Net

  7. Senegal • No known research network or organization • DFI are active • AMMA sounding station • University Cheikh Anta Diop • Sonatel • France Telecom University NectarNet/Dakar AMMA Nectar Net

  8. Ghana • Ghana Telecom MIMCOM Noguchi Volta Dam University of Ghana (Legon) NectarNet/Accra Nectar Net

  9. Nigeria • NITEL have a national infrastructure • Connects most of the cities • 10Mbps Obafemi Awolowa University Abuja Mimcom Ile-Ife University of Ibadan Ibadan Jon Postel Technology Center University of Lagos Lagos Nectar Net

  10. Cameroon • eJDS are active • Cameroon telecommunications provided by CAMnet University of Douala Douala Yaoundé Nectar Net

  11. South Africa • National Research Network • Tertiary Education Network (TENet) • Proposed South African Research and Education Network (SANREN) • Department of Science and Technology SANREN MRC Cape Town TENET University of Pretoria Nectar Net

  12. This slide taken from Roy Steiner’s talk at the Internet2 Work Shop However bandwidth prices vary dramatically are in general many times what they could be if universities purchase in volume Sample Bandwidth Costs for African Universities Samples size of 26 universitiesAverage Cost for VSAT service: Quality, CIR, Rx, Tx not distinguished Nectar Net

  13. Next Steps • Move forward with partners • Find Funding, donations and money • Foster usage and work to build user groups, research organizations and networks. Nectar Net

  14. Roy Steiner Mike Jensen Edna Bay Yvan Bamps Mary Kratz Duncan Martin David Indome Julia Royall Allen Hightower Calvin Johnson Joanna Davidson Christine Loflin Harvey Newman David Williams Kelly Callahan Gideon Chonia Enrique Canessa Greg Cole Ed Fantegrossi Marla Meehl Steve Huter Andrew Githeko Don Riley Tom Durkin Koos Louw William Pick Duncan Martin Chris Thorncroft Hilda Cerdeira Mike Best Cliff Missen Ethan Zuckerman Thanks Nectar Net

  15. www.nectarnet.org Nectar Net

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