Dear colleagues, As RIPE metting is rapidly approaching let me once more invite all network service providers/operators in Europe to fill and send to <cds-editor@ripe.net> short descriptions of their network to be stored in the RIPE Connectivity Document Store (CDS). This is supposed to be the new unified way of publishing basic information about european connectivity and to replace my regular report on connectivity in Eastern and Central Europe. The CDS is accessible by WWW (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/cds.html), ftp, gopher and the description fact-sheets can also be retrieved by mail. The CDS is be closely related to the RIPE map repository (there are hypertext links between the textual descriptions of the network and their maps (if supplied). A detailed description of the layout, the procedures as well as an example of filled fact sheet (thanks to UNICOM Bulgaria) can be found in ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/drafts/connectivity-report-plan.txt. <cds-editor@ripe.net> and all users and potential users in the world are waiting impatiently for your fact-sheets (and maps :-). It is so simple to have the others know about you a little bit more and RIPE NCC as the European Internet registry is the best appropriate place where people go for information. Try to have a look at the current CDS by WWW at www.ripe.net or by gopher at gopher.ripe.net or simply by ftp. Comments and updates are very willcome. Best regards Milan Sterba Chair of the RIPE European Connectivity WG P.S. Thanks to Unicom, BELNET, CESNET and EUnet Czechia and Bulgaria for having submitted their fact-sheets so rapidly :-). -- ====================================================================== Prague University of Economics e-mail : Milan.Sterba@vse.cz Computing Center tel : +42 2 24 21 79 00 nam. W. Churchilla 4 home: +42 2 823 78 59 130 67 Praha 3 fax : +42 2 24 22 42 66 Czech republic =======================================================================