INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY Version 3 - December 2, 1991 Please send corrections, information and/or comments to: Larry Landweber Computer Sciences Dept. University of Wisconsin - Madison 1210 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 lhl@cs.wisc.edu FAX 1-608-265-2635 Include details, e.g., on connections, sites, contacts, protocols, etc. Thanks to the many people from around the world who have provided information. ----------------------------------- In the following, BITNET is used generically to refer to BITNET plus similar networks around the world (e.g., EARN, NETNORTH, GULFNET, etc.). --------------------------------- SUMMARY NUMBER OF ENTITIES WITH INTERNATIONAL NETWORK CONNECTIVITY = 89 BITNET Col. 2 (Entities with international BITNET links.) b = minimal < 5 domestic sites = 18 B = widespread >= 5 domestic sites = 28 x = uncertain = 2 INTERNET Col. 3 (Entities with international IP links.) I = operational = 33 i = soon available = 3 UUCP Col. 4 (Entities with international UUCP links.) u = minimal < 5 domestic sites = 40 U = widespread >= 5 domestic sites = 38 FIDONET Col. 5 (Entities with international FIDONET links.) f = minimal < 5 domestic sites = 10 F = widespread >= 5 domestic sites = 43 Col 6 = * = New connections expected in near future. ---- AF Afghanistan (Republic of Afghanistan) ---- AL Albania (Republic of Albania) ---- DZ Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) ---- AS American Samoa ---- AD Andorra (Principality of Andorra) ---- AO Angola (People's Republic of Angola) ---- AI Anguilla ----* AQ Antarctica ---- AG Antigua and Barbuda BIUF AR Argentina (Argentine Republic) ---- AW Aruba -IUF AU Australia BIUF AT Austria (Republic of Austria) ---- BS Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas) ---- BH Bahrain (State of Bahrain) ---- BD Bangladesh (People's Republic of Bangladesh) ---- BB Barbados BIUF BE Belgium (Kingdom of Belgium) ---- BZ Belize ---- BJ Benin (Republic of Benin) ---- BM Bermuda ---- BT Bhutan (Kingdom of Bhutan) --u- BO Bolivia (Republic of Bolivia) ---f BW Botswana (Republic of Botswana) ---- BV Bouvet Island BIUF BR Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil) ---- BN Brunei Darussalam --UF BG Bulgaria (Republic of Bulgaria) --u- BF Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) ---- BI Burundi (Republic of Burundi) --uf BY Byelorussian SSR (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) ----* CM Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) BIUF CA Canada ---- CV Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) ---- KY Cayman Islands ---- CF Central African Republic ---- TD Chad (Republic of Chad) ---- IO Chagos Islands (Indian Ocean) BIUf CL Chile (Republic of Chile) --u- CN China (People's Republic of China) ---- CX Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) ---- CI Cote d'Ivoire (Republic of Cote d'Ivoire) ---- CC Cocos Keeling Islands) b-u- CO Colombia (Republic of Colombia) ---- KM Comoros (Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros) ----* CG Congo (People's Republic of the Congo) ---- CK Cook Islands b-u- CR Costa Rica (Republic of Costa Rica) --u- CU Cuba (Republic of Cuba) b-U- CY Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) BiUF CS Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) BIUF DK Denmark (Kingdom of Denmark) ---- DJ Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) ---- DM Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica) --u- DO Dominican Republic ---- TP East Timor b-u- EC Ecuador (Republic of Ecuador) b-u- EG Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) ---- SV El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador) ---- GQ Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) --UF EW Estonia ---f ET Ethiopia ---- FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ---- FO Faroe Islands --u- FJ Fiji (Republic of Fiji) BIUF FI Finland (Republic of Finland) BIUF FR France (French Republic) --u- GF French Guiana (Department of Guiana) ----* PF French Polynesia ---- TF French Southern Territories ---- GA Gabon (Gabonese Republic) ---- GM Gambia (Republic of the Gambia) BIUF DE Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) ---- GH Ghana (Republic of Ghana) ---- GI Gibraltar BIUF GR Greece (Hellenic Republic) ---f GL Greenland ---- GD Grenada --u- GP Guadeloupe (French Department of Guadeloupe) ---- GU Guam --u- GT Guatemala (Republic of Guatemala) ---- GN Guinea (Republic of Guinea) ---- GW Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) ---- GY Guyana (Republic of Guyana) ---- HT Haiti (Republic of Haiti) ---- HM Heard and McDonald Islands ---- HN Honduras (Republic of Honduras) B--F HK Hong Kong (Hisiangkang, Xianggang) biUF HU Hungary (Republic of Hungary) -IUf IS Iceland (Republic of Iceland) bIU- IN India (Republic of India) --u- ID Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) ---- IR Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) ---- IQ Iraq (Republic of Iraq) BIUF IE Ireland BIuF IL Israel (State of Israel) BIUF IT Italy (Italian Republic) ---- JM Jamaica BIUF JP Japan ---- JO Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) ---- KH Kampuchea, Democratic (formerly Cambodia) ----* KE Kenya (Republic of Kenya) ---- KI Kiribati (Republic of Kiribati) ---- KP Korea, Democratic People's Republic of BIUf KR Korea, Republic of Korea b--- KW Kuwait (State of Kuwait) ---- LA Lao People's Democratic Republic --UF LV Latvia ---- LB Lebanon (Lebanese Republic) ----* LS Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) ---- LR Liberia (Republic of Liberia) ---- LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Socialist Peoples's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) ---- LI Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein) --uF LT Lithuania b-uF LU Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) ---F MO Macau (Ao-me'n) ---- MG Madagascar (Democratic Republic of Madagascar) ---- MW Malawi (Republic of Malawi) b-uF MY Malaysia ---- MV Maldives (Republic of Maldives) --u- ML Mali (Republic of Mali) ---- MT Malta (Republic of Malta) ---- MH Marshall Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands) --u- MQ Martinique (French Department of Martinique) ---- MR Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) ---- MU Mauritius BIuf MX Mexico (United Mexican States) ---- FM Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia) ---- MC Monaco (Principality of Monaco) ---- MN Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) ---- MS Montserrat ---- MA Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) ----* MZ Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique) ---- MM Myanmar (Union of Myanmar) --u- NA Namibia (Republic of Namibia) ---- NR Nauru (Republic of Nauru) ---- NP Nepal (Kingdom of Nepal) BIUF NL Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands) ---- AN Netherlands Antilles ---- NT Neutral Zone (between Saudi Arabia and Iraq) --u- NC New Caledonia -IuF NZ New Zealand --u- NI Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua) --u- NE Niger (Republic of the Niger) ---- NG Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) ---- NU Niue ---- NF Norfolk Island ---- MP Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) BIUF NO Norway (Kingdom of Norway) ---- OM Oman (Sultanate of Oman) ---- PK Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) ---- PW Palau (Republic of Palau) ---- PA Panama (Republic of Panama) --u- PG Papua New Guinea --u- PY Paraguay (Republic of Paraguay) x-u- PE Peru (Republic of Peru) --uF PH Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) ---- PN Pitcairn Island biUF PL Poland (Republic of Poland) bIUF PT Portugal (Portuguese Republic) BIUF PR Puerto Rico ---- QA Qatar (State of Qatar) ----* RE Re'union (French Department of Re'union) ----* RO Romania ---- RW Rwanda (Rwandese Republic) ---- SH Saint Helena ---- KN Saint Kitts and Nevis ---- LC Saint Lucia ---- PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French Department of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) ---- VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ---- SM San Marino (Republic of San Marino) ---- ST Sao Tome and Principe (Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe) B--- SA Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) --u- SN Senegal (Republic of Senegal) --u- SC Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) -- - SL Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) bIuF SG Singapore (Republic of Singapore) ---- SB Solomon Islands ---- SO Somalia (Somali Democratic Republic) -IUF ZA South Africa (Republic of South Africa) BIUF ES Spain (Kingdom of Spain) --u- LK Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) ---- SD Sudan (Republic of the Sudan) ---- SR Suriname (Republic of Suriname) ---- SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands ---- SZ Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) BIUF SE Sweden (Kingdom of Sweden) BIUF CH Switzerland (Swiss Confederation) ---- SY Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) B-uF TW Taiwan ---- TZ Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) --uF TH Thailand (Kingdom of Thailand) --u- TG Togo (Togolese Republic) ---- TK Tokelau ---- TO Tonga (Kingdom of Tonga) ---- TT Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) bI-- TN Tunisia B--- TR Turkey (Republic of Turkey) ---- TC Turks and Caicos Islands ---- TV Tuvalu b-UF SU USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) ---- UG Uganda (Republic of Uganda) --UF UA Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) ---- AE United Arab Emirates bIUF GB United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) BIUF US United States (United States of America) ---- UM United States Minor Outlying Islands x-uf UY Uruguay (Eastern Repuplic of Uruguay) ----* VU Vanuatu (Republic of Vanuatu, formerly New Hebrides) ---- VA Vatican City State --u- VE Venezuela (Republic of Venezuala) ---- VN Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam) ---- VG Virgin Islands, British ---- VI Virgin Islands, U.S. (Virgin Islands of the United States) ---- WF Wallis and Futuna Islands ---- EH Western Sahara ---- WS Western Samoa (Independent State of Western Samoa) ---- YE Yemen (Republic of Yemen) ---- YD Yemen, Democratic (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) B-U- YU Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) ---- ZR Zaire (Republic of Zaire) ----* ZM Zambia (Republic of Zambia) ---f ZW Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) Copyright 1991 Lawrence H. 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