Georgia

1. Country: Georgia
Country suffix: .ge

Population: 4.5 million
Area: 69 700 sq km
Capital: Tbilisi

2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx. 750 hosts (late autumn 1998)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 5000
commercial 3000
governmental 2000

4. List of major commercial ISP's
1. SANET (www.sanet.ge)
2. Caucasus Net (ISN)
3. Global One

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's

1. High Energy Physics Institute (HEPI)
at Tbilisi State University, 64 Kbs satellite connection toHamburg, Germany

6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:

I. SANET
Links 3 major cities at speeds 33.6 kbps
One foreign connection: 256k satellite connection
Commercial ISP

II. Caucasus Net (ISN)
Present in Tbilisi only
One foreign connection: 128k satellite connection
Commercial ISP

III. Global One
Links 3 major cities at speeds 33.6 kbps
One foreign connection: 128k satellite connection
Commercial ISP

7. More information about country:

• Academic/Research/Educational Network