There were still no private
Internet Service Providers in Lesotho as of early 1999. This might be due to the small
potential market, Lesotho's enclaved position within South Africa, and the relatively
cheap telephone connections to South Africa. The University of Lesotho (NUL) in Roma has used e-mail since
1991 by connecting to Rhodes University in South Africa. In December 1996, NUL was
connected via a 9.6 Kbps analogue leased line to the University of the Orange Free State
in Bloemfontein, ZA (UniNet). Currently, NUL is the only public institution with a full
Internet connection.
Lesotho Office Equipment
(LEO), a supplier of all business and computer
equipment, provides Internet services. It now has five Points of Presence (POPs)
in Maseru, Lesotho, and in Ficksburg, Ladybrand, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg
in South Africa. LEO offers domain
registration, corporate e-mail, web design and web hosting.
Cost for Internet
subscription for a year with LEO Internet services: R 900.00 (US$ 144.97) as of
May 1999.
Internet host sites: 102
(2000)
Internet subscribers
(1999):
- Total: 200
- Subscribers per 10,000
inhabitants: 0.91
Internet Users (2000):
- Total: 1,000
- Users per 10,000 inhabitants: 4.74
Internet use by categories:
- Commercial:
- Academic:
- Research:
- NGO/UN/International:
- Government:
- Others:
Internet bandwidth (Kbps):
9.6
Back
to Top
