[WSIS CS-Plenary] Greetings all from Tunis

[Robert Guerra]

greetings. I'm at the marriot hotel . arrived today

security is, well - intense.

internet is filtered at the hotel. I tried to access yezzi.org as  
well as the sports page of bbc, and could not.

however using ssh tunnel to a server in Toronto the pages can be  
accessed. Given we were all told that internet was going to be  
unfiltered at the hotels - i will raise the issue tomorrow


as i mentiooned earliwre - security is intense. guards everywhere.  
there are at least 3-4 security checks before getting to the hotel  
front door. From there, there's an extra machine and guys following  
everyone around

As for GSM service - have found that for people to be able to send  
and receive messages from each other they need to be on the SAME  
provider.

I have had good luck with Tunisiana. i would suggest that people use  
that one. it seems faster than tunisia telecom.

As for CSB - it seems a large # of persons are at the golden tulip!   
Wow, is that where the  funding that was so hard to get is going. Is  
it what the Tunisian CS "fund" is going? no idea.. will raise the  
issue tomorrow too.

that's my report for now. see you all tomorrow.



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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374