ESTONIA
 
 

  1. Country: Estonia
Country: Estonia 
Country suffix: .ee 

Population: 1.46 million 
Area: 45 215 sq km 
Capital: Tallinn 

2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
28674 hosts - December 1999. 

3. Estimated number of users in the educational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational ~95000
commercial ~140000
governmental ~19000

4. Number and list of major commercial ISP's
1.Atlas Data Communications (Estonian Telephone Company Data Services)
2.Data Telecom (EUnet)
3.DELFI Online
4.EsData Ltd.
5.Infonet Ltd.
6.Mainor Anet
7.TELE2 - Levicom Broadband
8.Uninet Data Communications

5. Number and list of major non-commercial ISP's
1. Estonian Educational and Research Network EENet - Academic network.
2. Governmental Network has been built by the Department of Data 
Communications of Estonian Informatics Centre and the Department of 
Communications of Estonian Government - governmental network. 

6. Internet Service Providers operating their own backbone networks:

I Estonian Educational and Research Network EENet
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed: IP, ATM
64Kbps-2Mbps on backbone between counties; 100Mbps partly in Tallinn
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: all 15 counties, i.e. all major cities
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: 2 links:
--4 Mbps ATM-channel to NORDUNet (via Finland)
--256kbps satellite-link for Usenet-news
Non-commercial (governmental)

II Uninet Data Communications
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed: IP, ATM, FR
128kbps-2Mbps on backbne between counties; up to 155Mbps in Tallinn
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: 7
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology :
155 Mbit/s ATM (622 Mbit/s SDH)
2x2 Mbit/s IP
2x2 Mbit/s Frame-Relay
Commercial


III Governmental Network,built by the Department of Data Communications of Estonian Informatics Centre and the Department of Communications of Estonian Government
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed: IP, 64Kbps-155Mbps
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: 16
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology :
The international connectivity (512kbps in 1999; 2Mbps in the first half
and 4Mbps in the second half of the year 2000) is being provided by
another Estonian ISP.
Non-commercial (governmental)

IV Data Telecom (EUnet)
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed: IP, 57Kbps-10Mbps (if required, the speed can be easily upgraded)
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: 4
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology
Three foreign links:
- 256 Kbps to Riga,
- 34 Mbps to Helsinki
- 3.5M uplink, 19M downlink to Amsterdam (satellite link)
Commercial


V Atlas Data Communications (Estonian Telephone Company Data Services)
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
FR, IP, ATM
2Mbps-155Mbps
Number of major cities connected to the backbone:17
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology
4 links:
4Mbps to Finland
4Mbps to Russia
8Mbps to Sweden
8Mbps to Canada
Technology: nx2Mbps (G.703) and ATM
Commercial


VI EsData Ltd
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed
--MartisDXX nodes, connected to each other with 2 MB trunks
--IP, 64Kbps-2Mbps
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: 9
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology:
1 link: 4Mbps to Finland, IP
Commercial


VIIDELFI Online
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
IP, FR
speeds 64kbps-100Mbps
Number of major cities connected to the backbone: all 15 counties, plus Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania)
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology:
Two foreign 2 mbps links - to Latvia and Lithuania. The international
Internet connectivity is also provided by another Estonian ISP.
Commercial

 

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Date:  21.I.2000

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