Planet.edu
Title
- Palestinian Academic Network ::: PLANET :::
Description
The Palestinian Academic Network “PLANET” at Al-Quds University is the leading Educational Internet Service Provider in Palestine. Until 1995, Internet connectivity in Palestine was either limited to email services only, or through non Palestinian ISP outside Palestine. In 1995, PLANET was the first ISP to offer full dial up Internet access in Palestine. At that time PLANET started linking universities, colleges as well as schools with the Internet for a minimal connection fee. In many cases the connectivity was offered free of charge. It also linked Research Centers and some non- governmental organizations. Planet linked most of the Palestinian ministries using wireless means of communication such as microwave devices, since leased line service were still not offered by the local telephone company - PALTEL. In a later stage PLANET started offering connectivity between cities and within cities through leased lines provided by PALTEL.
PLANET hosted on its equipment most of the Palestinian web sites. In fact, most Palestinian universities, research centers and newspapers, started the web presence on PLANET servers.
Currently, the connectivity issue is solved by PALTEL, the government network and a few commercial ISP’s. Many of the organizations serviced by PLANET have switched to there own networks. Some of them have there own web servers now and have moved there sites to them. Many organizations still prefer to host there sites at PLANET for many reasons, including: good
Languages
العربية (Arabic)
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- Alexa: Planet.edu
