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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Louis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Not in Ethiopia, however my
experience in other countries in Africa has learned me that the availability of
reliable connections is heaviliy depending on the location: Capitals and economic
centres have international connections via landline or aggregted VSAT and are
capable of running Voip or even Video over IP. Prepare for high circuit costs
though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am currently doing a video
over IP project with VSAT connections into Angola, Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Though the costs are high, the service is possible at a fair quality, even if
the latency is huge (over 400 ms).<br>
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If you move away from the main cities it will be an entirely different story:
then probably you need your private VSAT connection, which is a costly affair,
I don’t think there will be network connections out of Addis Abeba or any other
main city in Ethiopia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My 5 cents...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Joris Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Speechworks Consultancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Looiersgracht 78<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D'>1016VT Amsterdam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D'>+31 (0) 652529442<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D'>jarts@speechworks.nl</span><span
lang=NL style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Louis Koekemoer
(ZA)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 November 2008 18:59<br>
<b>To:</b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>Has anyone had any experience with VOIP in
Ethiopia?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Louis Koekemoer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cisco IPT Systems
Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dimension Data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tel.
+27 (11) 575 6560<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mob.
+27 (76) 608 7221<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax.
+27 (11) 576 6560<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com">Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Webdings;
color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span><span
lang=NL-BE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:green'>Before
printing I think about the environment</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information
about Dimension Data, please go to <u><a href="http://www.dimensiondata.com/">www.dimensiondata.com</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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