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TABLE 3 - Satellite Circuit Status 1996 - 1999
1999 Satellite 1998 Satellite 1997 Satellite 1996 Satellite
IMTS P.L. Other Active Idle IMTS P.L. Other Sat Sat IMTS P.L. Other Sat Sat IMTS P.L. Other Sat Sat
Reg Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Serv. Active Idle Total Total Serv. Active Idle Total Total Serv. Active Idle
Code Country Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts Ckts
4 Aruba 86 16 0 102 2 86 11 0 97 2 85 18 0 103 1 88 10 0 98 1
4 Bahamas, The 86 52 0 138 11 89 52 0 141 16 89 73 0 162 11 85 44 0 129 12
4 Barbados 88 39 0 127 0 86 28 0 114 0 88 32 0 120 0 89 6 0 95 0
4 Bermuda 87 4 0 91 0 88 4 0 92 0 88 3 0 91 33 60 2 0 62 0
4 Cayman Islands 118 55 0 173 11 90 48 1 139 23 118 39 1 158 9 106 28 1 135 11
4 Cuba 370 47 0 417 0 342 63 1 406 0 342 11 1 354 0 341 12 1 354 0
4 Dominica 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dominican Republic 516 120 0 636 4 501 128 0 629 18 803 536 0 1,339 19 892 79 0 971 14
4 French Overseas Departments 30 2 0 32 0 0 3 0 3 0 30 3 0 33 0 30 1 0 31 0
4 Grenada 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Guadeloupe 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0
4 Haiti 176 114 0 290 2 180 15 0 195 5 184 10 0 194 7 186 15 0 201 7
4 Jamaica 381 452 0 833 28 379 81 0 460 67 430 59 0 489 8 380 51 0 431 8
4 Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Navassa Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Netherlands Antilles 142 585 0 727 19 176 73 1 250 16 176 60 1 237 3 175 45 1 221 3
4 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Saint Lucia 30 1 0 31 0 30 1 0 31 0 30 0 0 30 0 30 0 0 30 0
4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Trinidad and Tobago 146 48 0 194 0 111 6 0 117 2 114 4 0 118 0 114 3 0 117 0
4 Turks and Caicos Islands 52 33 0 85 1 43 30 0 73 0 43 29 0 72 0 46 4 0 50 0
4 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Virgin Islands, British 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
5 Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Belize 67 20 0 87 0 67 17 0 84 0 55 22 0 77 1 55 7 0 62 0
5 Canada 0 24 1,260 1,284 0 0 4 630 634 0 84 2 1,906 1,992 0 0 17 630 647 0
5 Costa Rica 218 420 0 638 45 208 289 1 498 17 202 210 1 413 19 206 173 1 380 35
5 El Salvador 457 611 0 1,068 22 320 149 0 469 12 300 107 0 407 1 359 49 0 408 1
5 Guatemala 473 129 0 602 10 435 67 0 502 46 368 54 1 423 9 365 49 1 415 7
5 Honduras 268 198 0 466 17 223 50 1 274 32 222 62 1 285 3 241 46 1 288 5
5 Mexico 0 56 0 56 0 10 276 0 286 270 7 465 0 472 1 3 71 0 74 1
5 Nicaragua 143 44 0 187 8 139 52 0 191 38 176 27 0 203 7 197 9 0 206 2
5 Panama 187 549 0 736 56 218 213 1 432 67 216 183 33 432 19 209 230 2 441 18
5 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 United States (conterminous) 8 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 44 2 0 46 0 8 0 0 8 0
6 Argentina 263 2,156 0 2,419 372 307 915 0 1,222 172 286 511 0 797 135 264 398 0 662 35
6 Bolivia 153 114 0 267 0 169 118 1 288 7 188 159 1 348 5 128 38 0 166 4
6 Brazil 824 3,159 115 4,098 104 432 705 115 1,252 70 269 583 0 852 85 264 381 0 645 87
6 Chile 696 3,988 0 4,684 461 778 973 1 1,752 129 732 657 4 1,393 56 572 317 1 890 73
6 Colombia 524 1,538 0 2,062 28 238 484 2 724 92 238 449 8 695 32 209 183 8 400 30
6 Ecuador 392 497 0 889 242 447 134 0 581 54 360 95 0 455 9 360 55 0 415 3
6 French Guiana 24 0 0 24 0 24 0 0 24 0 24 0 0 24 0 24 0 0 24 0
6 Guyana 120 601 0 721 14 117 66 0 183 13 117 45 0 162 6 119 25 1 145 21
6 Paraguay 90 50 0 140 4 66 8 0 74 4 105 10 0 115 5 91 6 1 98 1
6 Peru 337 1,020 1 1,358 245 404 394 1 799 37 383 303 1 687 42 343 184 1 528 8
6 Suriname 59 64 0 123 0 31 45 0 76 0 32 43 0 75 0 59 32 1 92 0
6 Uruguay 89 60 0 149 17 89 63 0 152 8 87 57 0 144 9 71 56 0 127 20