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Subject: Re: NEWS - Burma's Internet Mostly, not in Burma

  So you copied the information from myanmars.net.   Do you know Steve (Zaw) 
Htut the webmaster now living Yugoslavia?   The Eagle Group (Sean Hurley) is 
part of Digiserve.com in England.   

    You should tell the people that all non-government email is monitored.  
Only the few at the MPT like Okkar have direct uninterrupted email.


In a message dated 12/14/99 9:43:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, amyo@xxxxxxxxxx 
writes:

<< Subj:     Re: NEWS - Burma's Internet Mostly, not in Burma
 Date:  12/14/99 9:43:19 PM Eastern Standard Time
 From:  amyo@xxxxxxxxxx (Aung Myo)
 Sender:    owner-burmanet-l@xxxxxxx
 To:    burmanews@xxxxxxxxx, burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (Burma Net-l 
@igc.apc.org), burmanet2-@xxxxxxxx
 
 Internet Access in Myanmar
 Is internet accessible from Myanmar? Any ISP in Myanmar?
 
 Concerning Myanmar's information technology industry, this could be one of
 the hottest FAQ today. Yes, it is. Why? Many foreign investors, businessmen,
 enterpreneurs, and people of Myanmar origin who still have relatives or
 friends in Myanmar, often email us asking this question almost everyday.
 Here at this page, we would like to answer them all.
 
 First Email Access in Myanmar
 The first test email service in early 1997 was provided by a private company
 "datserco.com.mm", an Eagle Group company [http://www.eaglegroup.com.mm],
 run by foreigners. Their users' email addresses looks like
 "user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 This wasn't known by many, but the launch of this rarely known service
 marked the country's history by being the second last country in Asia to
 join the internet community. The last one, North Korea still remains to be a
 lost nation today.
 The second email service was by the government, MPT (Ministry of Post and
 Telecommunication) [http://www.mpt.net.mm] The users' email addresses looks
 like "user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". However this email service is not an internet
 email using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). It uses X.400 protocol
 instead.
 
 First WWW Access in Myanmar
 The first public WWW access in Myanmar was exhibited by Business Online
 [http://www.bol.com.mm], also an Eagle Group company at the computer show
 organized by MCC in December 1998.
 Free and live internet via satellite was displayed at their booth that a
 whole bunch of young guys lined up in queue to feel what it's like.
 A list of domains accessible in Myanmar is listed here:
 http://www.myanmars.net/search/index2.htm
 Internet Service Providers & Fees
 Ok. Here is an interesting part. How much will it cost? It's expensive! just
 like the cellular phones (because a cell-phone in Myanmar costs you US$4000)
 setup fees.
 
 MPT
 For Dialup account:
 Email box: 150.00 USD/box
 Modem rental: 150.00 USD/year
 Installation: 300.00 USD/box
 For Leased Line account:
 Email box: 150.00 USD/box
 Modem rental: 150.00 USD/year
 Line rental:1000.00 USD/year
 (X.25 leased line speed at 9.6kbps)
 Line rental:3000.00 USD/year
 (X.25 leased line speed at 19.2kbps)
 installation: 300.00 USD/box
 Note: need to purchase X.25 interface card or router.
 Email charges
 Oversea: 1.00 USD/1000characters
 Local: 0.10 USD/1000characters
 contact: http://www.mpt.net.mm
 
 Data Service Company (DatSerCo)
 email type: internet email
 setup fee: US$200
 monthly fee: US$80 with 300kb limit of in+out emails
 contact: http://www.datserco.com.mm
 contact: http://www.eaglegroup.com.mm
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: owner-burmanet-l@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-burmanet-l@xxxxxxx]On
 Behalf Of Rangoon Post Co-Editor
 Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 12:03 AM
 To: burmanews@xxxxxxxxx; Burma Net-l @igc.apc.org; burmanet2-@xxxxxxxx
 Subject: NEWS - Burma's Internet Mostly, not in Burma
 
 
 Burma's Internet Mostly, not in Burma
 
 Rangoon Post - 14 December, 1999
 
   The Burmese military regime has been using its ill-gotten monies for
 more than weapons.  Internet web pages to propagandize the few facts
 they truly have to work with.
 
   The original site, www.myanmar.com, was never setup in Burma, but
 outside Washington, D.C. by a Burmese-American Thomas Winn who lives in
 Laurel, Maryland and works in Baltimore.  The ISP - Internet Service
 Provider is located close to his house.  Not too long ago, Okkar, a
 so-stated Catholic that works as an agent of the military in their MPT
 (Ministry of Post and Telecommunications) office took over as
 Myanmar.com's webmaster after they established a functional internet
 into Burma.
    Now, the company that claims setting up the 1st internet in Burma, is
 Digiserve.com (www.digiserve.com).  The headquarters are near London in
 High Wycombe. There are other offices in Singapore, San Francisco, and
 (northern) Virginia near Washington, D.C.  Mike Blanche and Sean Hurley
 of Digiserve setup a seperate company called the Eagle Group that does
 the main internet operations in Burma with an office in Rangoon and
 another in Bangkok. Mike Blanche claims he is doing a good thing and
 absolutely refuses to talk about it.
    The Japanese side of Myanmar.com is operated by a Burmese and
 Japanese person in Osaka, Japan called Shafu-sozu.  The Japanese man,
 Ryuichi Masuda is only interested in further exploits and business about
 Burma, not about the truth. Their ISP Annies Craft Inc. was originally
 located in Tokyo.
    Another military site is setup through Crisscross.com and Twics.com
 both are located in Tokyo. Their MOFA - Minitry of Foreign Affairs site
 is setup here and posting for the New  or (News) Light of Myanmar are
 also on this site.
 The Embassy in Tokyo created this new site
 "www.myanmar-information.net", through a site VWH1.NET  Verio, Inc. in
 Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
    A seperate entity, myanmars.net is a very full and informational site
 setting up business listing and conatacts, etc. in Burma... except that
 it again not in Burma.  The webmaster currently resides in Yugoslavia.
 
    Until the military can exhort enough money to improve the connections
 into Burma,  their internet which is restricted primarily to the
 military officials and a few foreign companies, their internet, will
 never fully exist in the country.
 
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