1. Country: Latvia
Country suffix: .lv Population: 2.46 million
Area: 64 589 sq km
Capitol: Riga
2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
18,711 real hosts - Dec 13, 1999 (by RIPE).
3. Estimated number of users in the
educational/commercial/governmentalsectors
educational: 30,000
commercial: 50,000
governmental: 20,000
4. Number and list of major commercial ISP's:
1. Delfi
2. Latnet
3. Apollo(Telekom)
5. Telia Latvija
6. BKC
7. Bilteks
8. LMT (mobile phone
operator)
9. NeoNet
10. Junik
11. Versia
12. Internet
5. Number and list of major non-commercial ISP's:
1. Latnet - Academic network
2. Lanet - University of Latvia network
3. The Government Data Communications Network (GDCN)
6. Internet Service Providers operating their own
backbone networks:
I Delfi http://www.delfi.lv
Predominantly 2Mbps or 11Mbps radiolinks; leased line
64/128Kbps; ISDN,
Frame relay and microwave 2Mbps.
16 biggest Latvian cities are connected to the Internet
1 Mbps satellite link Global One and 3 Mbps optical cable
UUNET, Sweden
Commercial ISP.
II Latnet http://www.latnet.lv/LATNET
Predominantly 2Mbps or 11Mbps radiolinks; leased line
64/128Kbps; ISDN,
Frame relay and microwave 2Mbps.
15 biggest Latvian cities are connected to the Internet
5Mbps Latnet satellite to Oslo(Norway) and Atlanta (USA)
and 1Mbps optical
cable to Stockholm (Sweden)
This ISP serves both commercial and non-commercial
customers.
III Apollo http://www.apollo.lv/
Predominantly leased line 64Kbps - 2Mbps.
8 biggest Latvian cities are connected to the Internet
2Mbps leased line to Telecom (Finland) 4Mbps optical
cable to Stockholm
(Sweden)
Commercial ISP.
IV Telia Latvija http://www.telia.lv
Predominantly leased line 64/128Kbps and microwave 2Mbps;
cable internet
connection128Kbps download and 64 Kbps upload.
2Mbps leased line to Stockholm (Sweden)
Commercial ISP.
V GDCN - The Government Data
Communications Network (GDCN http://www.vita.gov.lv/)
Predominantly leased line 64Kbps and microwave 2Mbps.
No international links.
Non-commercial ISP.
Smaller ISPs also have international connections,
Altogether total capacity of international connections
for Latvia is approx.
18 Mbps.
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