Network connectivty is kinda hard... we need about 3Mb/s outbound for the
multicast, in minnesota traffic peaked at around 10MB/s total according to
dave farmer... Would need to find a host like intelstat/inmarsat to drop
an earthstation on the roof of the hotel and backhual 10Mb/s to someplace
else...
joelja
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Baree Sunnyasi wrote:
> John
>
> Thanks for this exercise, which I have not been doing for quite some time.
> Anyway hope this will help for your databases.
>
> 1. Hotels and Meeting Room
>
> Mauritius has hosted several International conferences, seminars, Infotechs,
> etc. and has all the structures in the one town called Grand Bay, in the
> North coast of Mauritius , where we have several hotels, many of which have
> between 200 and 300 rooms.
>
> One of these is the Maritime Hotel www.webltd.com/maritim which has nearly
> 200 rooms and several conference rooms, one of which can accomodate up to
> 350 people.
>
> Another one is the Le Mauricia www.beachcomber.co.za which is close to the
> main centre of Grand Bay, a few minutes walking distance from a big
> conference hall which can hold more than 2000 people, with catering
> facilities. More details on this hopefully tomorrow.
>
> A third one is the Colonial www.iblgroup.com/colonialhotels which is still
> cheaper. (Around $50 per night). Conversion rate: $1 = Rs 28 Mauritian).
>
> Around Grand Bay we can find lots of Villas/Bungalows. These are favourites
> of Mauritians. A 3-room bungalow would cost around $50 per night.
>
> Hotel prices range from $50 to $ 150 per night inclusive of breakfast and
> dinner. Prices are negotiable and are cheaper for groups of 50 or above.
>
>
>
> 2. Internet Bandwidth
>
> Mauritius is one of the most advanced countries in the African region in the
> IT field. Our telecommunication network is under the charge of the Mauritius
> Telecom which has France Telecom as partner as from last year. We are
> already on ISDN and Optical fibre.
>
> According to one of my ex-students, now an engineer at Mauritius Telecom,
> our ISP (Telecom Plus) already has 2 outbound bandwidth each of 2 Mbits, one
> towards USA and one towards France, since 1999. This I believe is equivalent
> to an E1 (which is much more than an E3 - correct me if I am mistaken).
>
> 3. Electricity
>
> We have very modern and efficient Electricity Network (nearly 100 % coverage
> of the island). Most of our main industries ( textile, hotels, sugar
> factories), require a 24 hr service and one can hardly ever complain about
> the Central Electricity Board. 25 % of the Mauritian population possess a PC
> and of these 70% are already on the internet and one can see computers in
> our most remote villages.
>
> 4. Air flights
>
> There are several daily flights from Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.
> Airliners include Air Mauritius, British Airways, Air France, Singapore
> Airlines, South African Airways, Condor (Lufthansa).
>
> According to my information every week, there are at least 7 flights from
> Paris, 5 flights from London, 2 flights from Rome, 1 flight from Brussels,
> and 2 flights flights from Frankfurt, that makes a total of 17 flights from
> Europe. Flights last usually 12 hours non-stop and cost around $700- $1000.
>
> We also have 4 flights from Singapore(6 hrs) , 1 from Kuala Lumpur, 2 from
> Hong Kong, 1 from Australia, 5 from India (5 hrs), 4 from South Africa.
>
> That make a total of at least 34 flights (nearly 7000 passengers) per week
>
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