From: alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org (Alfredo Jahn V)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.uucp
Subject: Re: How do I find nodes or sites for a country?
Date: 25 Jan 93 03:32:26 GMT
Organization: Amiga 2000 (Home System)

In article <1jv3n5INNavc@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> violator@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Violator) writes:
>I would like to know how it is possible to find a site, or closest node
>for a given country to hook up to internet.  I am trying to find a site
>close to the country of Panama.  I heard when I was there that the closest
>one could be found in Costa Rica.  How can I find the number, address, ect.
>to get hooked up?
>
>violator

If you have a Unix site handy, look in the "maps" directory. On my 
work site its in /usr/spool/news/maps and the files are named:

                  u.usa.tx.1
                    ^^^ ^^ ^
                     |  |  |
                     |  |  +---- number (if more than one for state or co)
                     |  +------- state (if it applies)
                     +---------- country

Example(s):
                  u.fin.1     - Finland
                  u.can.2     - Canada
                  u.arg.1     - Argentina (I think...)

If you cd to the maps directory and use "grep" to search for "panama"
or look at the country names and see you recognize one. Then, look in
the map file to find a site that is close by, and send mail to that
site ( you can send it to "postmaster" or "root" and ask them for a
connection ).

I captured a "ls" of our Unix site's /usr/spool/news/maps directory:

README         u.can.3        u.fin.4        u.sun.1        u.usa.ma.5
d.AProject     u.can.4        u.fin.5        u.sun.100      u.usa.ma.6
d.Country      u.can.5        u.fra.0        u.sun.2        u.usa.md.1
d.Glue         u.can.6        u.fra.1        u.sun.3        u.usa.md.2
d.Top          u.can.7        u.fra.100      u.sun.4        u.usa.me.1
d.kor.1        u.can.8        u.fra.2        u.svn.0        u.usa.mi.1
d.usa.ga.1     u.can.ab.1     u.fra.3        u.svn.1        u.usa.mi.2
network        u.can.ab.2     u.gbr.0        u.swe.0        u.usa.mi.3
u.are.1        u.can.bc.1     u.gbr.1        u.swe.1        u.usa.mn.1
u.arg.1        u.can.bc.2     u.gbr.100      u.swe.2        u.usa.mn.2
u.arg.ba.1     u.can.mb.1     u.gbr.2        u.swe.3        u.usa.mo.1
u.arg.ba.2     u.can.nb.1     u.gbr.3        u.tha.1        u.usa.ms.1
u.arg.cb.1     u.can.nf.1     u.gbr.4        u.tun.0        u.usa.mt.1
u.arg.cc.1     u.can.ns.1     u.gbr.5        u.tun.1        u.usa.nc.1
u.arg.ch.1     u.can.nt.1     u.gbr.6        u.tur.1        u.usa.nd.1
u.arg.cn.1     u.can.on.1     u.gbr.7        u.twn.1        u.usa.ne.1
u.arg.ct.1     u.can.on.2     u.gbr.8        u.ukr.1        u.usa.nh.1
u.arg.er.1     u.can.on.3     u.grc.0        u.ury.1        u.usa.nh.2
u.arg.fm.1     u.can.on.4     u.grc.1        u.usa.ak.1     u.usa.nj.1
u.arg.lr.1     u.can.on.5     u.gtm.1        u.usa.al.1     u.usa.nj.2
u.arg.mn.1     u.can.on.6     u.hkg.1        u.usa.ar.1     u.usa.nj.3
u.arg.mz.1     u.can.qc.1     u.hnd.1        u.usa.az.1     u.usa.nm.1
u.arg.nq.1     u.can.sk.1     u.hun.0        u.usa.ca.1     u.usa.nv.1
u.arg.rn.1     u.can.yk.1     u.hun.1        u.usa.ca.10    u.usa.ny.1
u.arg.sa.1     u.che.0        u.hun.100      u.usa.ca.11    u.usa.ny.2
u.arg.se.1     u.che.1        u.idn.1        u.usa.ca.12    u.usa.ny.3
u.arg.sf.1     u.che.10       u.ind.1        u.usa.ca.14    u.usa.ny.4
u.arg.sj.1     u.che.100      u.irl.0        u.usa.ca.16    u.usa.ny.5
u.arg.sl.1     u.chl.1        u.irl.1        u.usa.ca.18    u.usa.oh.1
u.arg.tf.1     u.col.1        u.isl.0        u.usa.ca.2     u.usa.oh.2
u.arg.tm.1     u.cri.1        u.isl.1        u.usa.ca.20    u.usa.ok.1
u.aus.1        u.csk.0        u.isr.1        u.usa.ca.3     u.usa.or.1
u.aus.2        u.csk.1        u.ita.0        u.usa.ca.4     u.usa.or.2
u.aus.3        u.deu.0        u.ita.1        u.usa.ca.5     u.usa.or.3
u.aus.act.1    u.deu.1        u.jam.1        u.usa.ca.6     u.usa.pa.1
u.aus.csiro.1  u.deu.100      u.jpn.1        u.usa.ca.7     u.usa.pa.2
u.aus.dom.1    u.deu.101      u.jpn.2        u.usa.ca.8     u.usa.pa.3
u.aus.dom.2    u.deu.102      u.jpn.3        u.usa.ca.9     u.usa.ri.1
u.aus.nsw.1    u.deu.103      u.jpn.4        u.usa.co.1     u.usa.sc.1
u.aus.nsw.2    u.deu.2        u.kor.1        u.usa.co.2     u.usa.sd.1
u.aus.nsw.3    u.deu.3        u.lka.1        u.usa.ct.1     u.usa.tn.1
u.aus.nsw.4    u.deu.4        u.lux.1        u.usa.ct.2     u.usa.tx.1
u.aus.nt.1     u.deu.5        u.mex.1        u.usa.dc.1     u.usa.tx.2
u.aus.qld.1    u.deu.6        u.mys.1        u.usa.de.1     u.usa.tx.3
u.aus.sa.1     u.deu.7        u.nic.1        u.usa.fl.1     u.usa.tx.4
u.aus.tas.1    u.deu.8        u.nld.0        u.usa.ga.0     u.usa.tx.5
u.aus.vic.1    u.deu.9        u.nld.1        u.usa.ga.1     u.usa.ut.1
u.aus.vic.2    u.dmk.1        u.nld.100      u.usa.ga.2     u.usa.va.1
u.aus.vic.3    u.dnk.0        u.nld.2        u.usa.hi.1     u.usa.va.2
u.aus.wa.1     u.dnk.1        u.nld.3        u.usa.ia.1     u.usa.va.3
u.aut.0        u.dom.1        u.nld.4        u.usa.id.1     u.usa.vi.1
u.aut.1        u.egy.1        u.nor.1        u.usa.il.1     u.usa.vt.1
u.bel.0        u.esp.0        u.nor.100      u.usa.il.2     u.usa.wa.1
u.bel.0.new    u.esp.1        u.nzl.1        u.usa.il.3     u.usa.wa.2
u.bel.1        u.esp.2        u.pak.1        u.usa.in.1     u.usa.wa.3
u.bel.1.new    u.esp.3        u.phl.1        u.usa.is.1     u.usa.wi.1
u.bel.100      u.eur.0        u.prt.0        u.usa.ks.1     u.usa.wv.1
u.bgr.0        u.eur.fra.1    u.prt.1        u.usa.ky.1     u.usa.wy.1
u.bgr.1        u.eur.ita.1    u.prt.100      u.usa.la.1     u.yug.0
u.bra.1        u.fin.0        u.pry.1        u.usa.ma.1     u.yug.1
u.bys.1        u.fin.1        u.qat.1        u.usa.ma.2     u.zaf.1
u.can.1        u.fin.2        u.sgp.1        u.usa.ma.3
u.can.2        u.fin.3        u.sun.0        u.usa.ma.4


By the way, my father is in Venezuela and I would *love* to find 
a close site that he could tap off... If anyone has any ideas, please
let me know. 

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