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- Subject: N-1-4-013.30
- Israel
- Hank Nussbacher
- <HANK@vm.tau.ac.il>
-
- Our government has altered the ILAN operating license to
- allow organizations that are involved with culture, education and
- R&D to connect to the network. Organizations that fall into these
- categories receive government subsidies to connect in the form of
- lowered connections costs. Various companies are planning on
- supplying commercial internet services for dial-up users (subject to
- the above limitations) and are in the process of receiving
- governmental operating licenses. Strictly commercial use of the
- network will still not be allowed.
-
- ILAN has become a founding member of ISOC along with other
- country networks such as Australia and Nordunet. Israel hopes
- that other country networks will see the importance of a financially
- strong ISOC and will likewise join in as founding members.
-
- After reading in the network about Moscow's disconnection from
- EARN due to increased line costs, ILAN has decided to donate a set
- of data compressors for use on a 9.6 kbps line that can effectively run
- up to four 9.6 kbps virtual lines. This will allow various networking
- organizations in the Moscow area to share a single 9.6 kbps line to
- Denmark and run IP and EARN traffic over the same line, each
- at 9.6 kbps.
-