Kyrgyzstan

1. Country: Kyrgyzstan
Country suffix: .kg

Population: 4.5 million
Area: 198 500 sq km
Capital: Bishkek
< br> 2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx. 1500 hosts (December 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in the educational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 7 0 00
commercial 3 000
governmental 500

4. List of major commercial ISP's
1. AIS
2. ADANET
3. AzEuroTel
4. Intrans
5. AzerIn
6. ARTEL
7. Sinam Invest

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. KyrNet - Soros Foundation,
2. FreeNet - USIA+IREX

6. Internet Service Providers operating their own backbone networks:

I. AsiaInfo
Links 6 major cities at speeds 14.4-33.6k, runs X.25 and IP
One foreign connection: 512k satellite connection to Moscow
Commercial ISP

II. ElCat
Links 2 major cities (Bishkek and Osh) at 14.4 k
One foreign connection: 256k satellite connection to Moscow
Commercial ISP

III. Transfer
Present in Bishkek only
Runs X.25 and IP over X.25
One foreign connection: 28.8k leased line to Almaty (Kazakhs tan)
Commercial ISP

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