ARMNET
Global Networking Survey
Section 1: Coordinates
Name of the network: ARMNET
Contact person/point: Igor Mkmtoumian
Postal Address: 40 Marshal Bagramian Str, Yezevan, Armenia
Telephone Number: 7(8852) 270032
Fax Number: 7(8852) 151048
E-mail address: imkmtoum@aua.arminea.com
Section 2: Network
1. Scope of the network: (check all that apply)
Academic [ x]
General Research [ x]
Government [ ]
NGO [ x]
Commercial [ x]
Special Interest Group [ x] Specify________
Other [ ] Specify________
2. Description:
Operating since: 1994
Registered users: approximately 3,000
Active users: 60%
(connected at least once a month during the last 3
months)
3. Approximately, what percent of your users would you estimate as
being:
_20% University and research faculty staff
_10% University students
_10% Government employees
_40% Commercial employees
_05% NGO employees
_10% Employees of International organizations
_05% Other
4. Do you charge for services? Yes [ x] No [ x]
If Yes, specify charging methods (check all that apply):
____ Free to end users
__x_ Fixed charges to end users
____ Variable (usage-based) charge to end users
__x_ Free to end institutions (such as a university)
____ Fixed charged to institutions
____ Variable (usage-based) charge to institutions
5. What is the approximate annual budget for your network
connection and/or information center? ________ USA$
6. Of that budget, approximately what percent is used for:
_____ communication equipment
_____ computer equipment
_____ communication charges
_____ technical staff
_____ management staff
_____ support staff
_____ facilities
_____ software
_____ overhead
_____ other ______________________
7. Type(s) of connection(s) or gateway(s) out of your country
__x__ IP
__x__ UUCP
_____ Fidonet
_____ Bitnet
_____ Other _______________________
8. Communication links(s) out of your country (for each link)
Speed _64Kbps, 14.2Kbps_
Leased or switched _leased_
Communication vendor _Russia___
Connection point _Moscow__
9. Approximately, what percent of your users have:
__80% _ e-mail only
__10%_ dial-in access to a command line account on a host
_______ dial-in SLIP/PPP connectivity
__10% _ full-time IP connectivity
10. Approximately, what percent of hosts on your network run:
_______ an FTP server
__10% _ a WWW (http) server
_______ a Gopher server
_______ a list server
_______ a news server
__05% _ a dial-up bulletin board
_______ a library catalogue
_______ other
11. Of the hosts of your network, what of each type?
_20% Personal computers running DOS
_70% Personal computers running Microsoft Windows
_05% Personal computers running Unix
_01% Personal computers running Mac OS
_01% Unix workstations
____ Other workstations
____ Unix minicomputers
____ Other minicomputers
____ Unix mainframes
____ Other mainframes
____ Other _Netware__
12. Approximately, what percent of the hosts in your network
communicate via:
100% IP
____ UUCP
____ Fido
____ Bitnet
____ Other ________________
Media:
Comments (plans, etc.):
Section 3: Help-desk and user support
1. Is there a help-desk or other central point for queries? Yes [ ]
No [ x]
Postal address:
Telephone Number:
e-mail address:
2. Is a general user guide available? Yes [ ] No [ x]
Paper [ ] Electronic [ ]
3. User group support activities
Describe activities to support user groups in using the
network. 2 weeks regular meeting of Armenia Internet Users Group
4. Training activities and workshops
Describe activities to train and inform user support
staff.
5. Other activities
Describe any other activities on your network you
consider relevant. Comments (plans, etc.): Plans to start teaching Internet
Section 4: Success stories
Could you give some examples of users or applications which best
illustrate the value of your network: