Nauru has approximately 150 dial-in customers and approximately 250 customers who use a public access point, located at the Civic Center, with 10 computers.

The dial-in customers share a 64 Kbps satellite link via IntelSat? and Telstra Reach in Sydney. The public access point is serviced by another 64 Kbps satellite link via PanAmSat? and UUNET in the U.S.

Dial-in charges are $AUD2.00 per hour and the public access point is $AUD2.50 per hour.

Below is some more information about Nauru

The Republic of Nauru is a small isolated Central Pacific island lying some 26 miles south of the Equator, some 2,500 miles from Sydney, 2,600 from Honolulu and 3,000 from Tokyo. The island is a raised atoll, with a surrounding reef which is exposed at low tide, has a circumference of 12 miles and an area of just over 8 square miles. From a narrow coastal belt where most of the population reside, coral cliffs cover some 3/5ths of the land area. A plateau rises to some 213 feet above sea level at its highest point. The plateau covers approximately four fifths of the land area, and contains valuable deposits of rock phosphate.
The first Europeans to visit Nauru named it Pleasant Island, so enchanted were they by its lush tropical vegetation and friendly inhabitants. The weather is generally hot and humid tempered by occasional sea breezes, with a variable annual rainfall which averages 200cm (80"). Its vegetation on unmined lands includes coconut palms, the forest tomano, figs, almonds, mangoes, wild cherry, pandanus and many smaller species.

The indigenous people of Nauru customarily comprised twelve tribes, symbolised by the twelve-pointed star on their national flag. They are mostly of Polynesian and Micronesian descent. They speak Nauruan, a distinct Pacific language, with English being used for government and commercial purposes. The total population of Nauru numbers about 10,000 people, of which around 6,800 are indigenous Nauruans. The remainder are temporary residents made up of expatriate contract workers. The Nauruans are Christians.

Nauru is governed by an elected legislature with a Westminster style Cabinet presided over by a President who is also Head of State. It is a special member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The current President is Hon. Rene Harris (MP)

Discovered by Captain John Fearn in 1798, as he was sailing from New Zealand to China Seas. Nauru existed as an independent island society until it was annexed by Germany in 1888 as part of the Marshall Islands Protectorate. In 1900 a British company discovered phosphate on the island and negotiated with Germany for mining rights. In November 1914 Nauru was seized by Australian troops and remained in British control until 1921. At the end of the war, when the German colonies were detached, a League of Nations C Class Mandate was granted to Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. The three countries provided for an Administration and set up the British Phosphate Commissioners (BPC) to run the phosphate industry.

In 1947 the island was placed under United Nations Trusteeship and Australia resumed administration on behalf of the three partner governments. Nauru became an independent republic on 31 January 1968.

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