[WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not enough bandwidth, or something worse...

[Robert Guerra]

Rik:

Are you telling me that only microsoft machines work on the Tunisian network?

Begs to ask the  larger question - is it mac's only or non-windows 
machines? are linux machines also affected? if so, then it would give 
the sign that F/OSS isn't a choice either?

regards

Robert



At 1:14 PM -0400 6/25/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>As far as I have heard, the only ones with significant access 
>problems were people with Macs.  And the techies in the local 
>secretariat staff seemed genuinely concerned about fixing this.
>
>Someone could do some research if it is even possible to limit 
>access to only macintoshes intentionally and directly.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>
>On 25 juin 04, at 12:45, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>>I'm curious if anyone has been able to determine the reasons behind 
>>the internet access issues at the Prepcom.
>>
>>I ask, as at the march informal meeting - all went well, and 
>>connectivity was good enough to not only be on  IM, but also have 
>>Voice over IP working (i had voice over iChat working on my mac).
>>
>>The simple, and obvious reply would be one of inadequate bandwith 
>>for the amount of people - but, is it that simple ? Given Tunisia's 
>>well documented  record of internet censorship - might it be that 
>>internet access has been made difficult on purpose so that real 
>>time communications be hard, if not impossible.  it would be 
>>consistent with known practice....
>>
>>
>>something to think about -
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>
>>
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