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From: TimF	9/20/2006 2:14:09 PM
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Africa] Bread, Internet Disasters Hit Zimbabwe [A thread was started over this situation on the NANOG mailing list, where ISPs gather to discuss and assist one another with network anomalies, and sometimes just to pass along their thoughts: merit.edu ] Shops in the Zimbabwe capital Harare are running short of bread after three top food-makers were arrested for over-charging for their products. Prices of bread and other staple foods are controlled by the government and bakers say the official price does not even meet production costs. In another sign of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown, its main internet connection has been shut because of unpaid debts. One internet provider said the closure was "catastrophic." --snip Zimbabwe's annual inflation is running at 1,200% - the highest rate in the world. --snip Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's Internet Service Providers Association (Zispa) said that e-mail traffic and web use was down by 90% after the main satellite internet connection run by the state-owned TelOne was closed over a debt of $700,000. TelOne says it is waiting for the foreign currency to pay the bill from Zimbabwe's central bank. "This is catastrophic as all legal Internet Service Providers utilize TelOne for their outgoing bandwidth to the World Wide Web as well as for e-mail traffic. In short, this... is causing an almost collapse of the Internet in Zimbabwe," said Mweb, the country's biggest provider. Earlier this year, Zimbabwe knocked three zeros off the denomination of its banknotes in an effort to contain inflation. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Post by Frank A. Coluccio on his thread - Message 22829594

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