LOGNOTE -- INTERNET CONTROL CENTER STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01418R000200110041-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: February 20, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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LO February 1987
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LOGNOTE -- INTERNET Control Center Staff
(Briggs) INTERNET Technical Problems -- C/FED and I STAT
visited Independent Hill on 10 February along with a mo Haag, who has
been in charge of Comsat's involvement with INTERNET, to discuss with
OTI personnel at the ground station the recurring problems with the
quality of INTERNET feeds from London (video/audio quality is fine on
some days, but not very good on others). After a thorough review of
OTI's daily logs of reception quality, it was fairly clearly
established that the problems lie with the original sources --
primarily Moscow -- and not with the INTERNET system. Though Comsat
saw some very minor issues they will be taking up with BTI, there were
no indications that the present BT engineers strike is hampering our
INTERNET relays. Moscow's switch of its 1530 GMT Vremya newscast on
11 January to a transponder with a weaker signal than previously wns a
particularly unfortunate development.
In a conversation with C/ESG from London on 13 February STAT
(in regard to INTERNET requirements for West Europe TV which he was
discussing with BTI), he mentioned that he had watched the 1530 GMT
Vremya cast as received by the BBC and said that the signal was very,
very weak. Thus, we are dependent on the variable quality of the
signals we receive from the originating source.
At present, depending on reception, London switches between the
"primary" 1530 gmt Vremya newscast and the "secondary" version, carried
on a different transponder, for the hearing impaired. The latter,
identical, cast is received with good reception, but the picture is
dominated by a person replaying the news in sign language. In view o
that, we prefer to take the "primary" cast if reception allows. Over
the past week, reception of the "primary" program has generally been
poor, with London switching most days to the "hearing impaired"
version. Reception of Tripoli continues to be very good for the most
part, and provided NESA analysts with footage of the executions carried
out in Libya on 17 February.
(cc: D/FBIS; C/Ops; C/MOD; C/ESG;'C/FED; CO/FBIS)
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