Article 167 of bionet.biology.tropical:
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From: smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith)
Newsgroups: bionet.biology.tropical
Subject: Neo-tropical Internet domains
Date: 4 Mar 1993 21:34:05 -0500
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Neo-tropical countries/territories with some form of Internet access:

AG        Antigua and Barbuda         *          
AR        Argentina              FI B *
BO        Bolivia                     *
BR        Brazil                 FI B *
BS        Bahamas                     *          
BZ        Belize                      P           
CL        Chile                  FI B *
CO        Colombia                  B *
CR        Costa Rica                B *
CU        Cuba                        *
DO        Dominican Republic          P           
EC        Ecuador                FI B *
GT        Guatemala                   *
MX        Mexico                 FI B *
NI        Nicaragua                   *
PA        Panama                    B *
PE        Peru                      B *
PR        Puerto Rico (US)       FI B *
PY        Paraguay                    *
UY        Uruguay                   B *
VE        Venezuela                   *
VI        Virgin Islands (US)         *


- FI stands for FULL INTERNET access. This includes 'telnet', 'ftp',
  and internet email.
- B stands for BITNET access although the address may be in internet
  DNS (Domain Name System) format.
- * (Asterisk) means that the country is reachable by email. If this is
  not preceded by FI or B, it means that the connection may be a UUCP
  connection. An asterisk is included after FI or B for continuity.
- PFI stands for a provisional full internet connection.(+)
- P stands for provisional connection. (+)
   (+) This is used when one or more of the following is true:
       - address not verified or lack of address
       - UUCP dialup not active
       - domain connected but not officially announced
       - premature official announcement of connection


The above is stripped out of a much longer document that also includes
many countries for which domain names have been assigned but as of yet
there is no evidence of any connection to the Internet (excluding 
military, private and/or commercial network connections). 


Relevant headers on the source document in news.answers are:

From: o.crepin-leblond@imperial.ac.uk   (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
Subject: FAQ: Top-level international country domain names
Date: 3 Feb 1993 06:02:36 GMT
Summary: This posting gives a list of top-level domain names. It is helpful
         in finding-out if a country has easy access to email and internet
         facilities and is aimed at general email and internet users.

Archive-name: top-level-domains
Last-modified: 1993/02/01


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      Una Smith      Biology Department       smith-una@yale.edu
                     Yale University
                     New Haven, CT  06511


