Guys Please read the response from Mr. Mugaba of the New Vision below. I believe the first thing we should do is to have him subscribed onto this list and then we can get to explain to him one day at a time what we are trying to achieve. Bad idea ??? Lets also remember that he is not a "techie" but a journalist highly interested in ICTs. Kiggs do yo thing.
regards Wire. > Hi James, > > Thanx for thinking so highly of me. I may not measure up to that, but I > believe a talk with you guys may give me a picture of what is really at > stake and how we can write about it all as a team. > > I have written an article or two on this but I don't remember whether it > was published. But recently when Infocom went down, I more than ever > felt it was time to do something about it. Right now, I have just > written a paper (broadly) where I just mentioned the absence of an IXP > as one of the major problems we have. If we could arrange for a meeting > Thurs or Fri, that would be fine since I would use the weekend to write > or research. But believe me, I am with you on this. > > What do you think? > > vincent > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 3:19 PM > Subject: RE: lug_: Members/Site Access > > >> >> If the interest is in having media publicity, Mr. Mugaba Vincent of >> New Vision would be of great help. I have copied this mail to him hope >> that he can follow the string and find out what we need. >> >> regards >> >> Lunghabo >> >> > I second you Joseph on the approach. I believe this will go along >> way in enlightening all the local Techies and would-be Techies >> (Sorry if I am offending anyone by referring to them as Techies). >> Believe me or not but many of our own System Admins in these >> organizations might not be getting the full concept of all this and >> the implications. >> > >> > And more importantly the education of the decision-makers (likes of >> managers, etc.) since they give the Techies the go-ahead by agreeing >> to sign the cheques for the second hosting fees. >> > >> > Mark you can surely comeup with a good article spelling out the >> Technical, Social, etc. and obviously the Financial sides to all >> this. And New Vision seems to have some page dedicated to such >> articles every so often! >> > >> > >> > Ronald Bogere Mitti >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Joseph Mpora [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:59 AM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: RE: lug_: Members/Site Access >> > >> > Hullo All, >> > >> > It's a shame that ISPs didn't jump at the exchange offer! I think >> another approach would be to educate the public more, put in >> newspaper articles and promote those that have joined. A list of >> all ISPs that have joined up and those that haven't might help. I >> know this is not a very polite approach but the truth is the >> customers deserve better! >> > >> > Joseph >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: "Mark Tinka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:24:16 +0300 >> > Subject: RE: lug_: Members/Site Access >> > >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > Hullo Mark, >> >> > >> >> > For a long time I have considered the possibility of mirroring >> the >> >> WOUGNET site locally and so it is with great interest that I read >> your mail below. How can we go about doing this? Currently, we are >> hosted by Kabissa.org <http://www.kabissa.org>. >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > >> >> > Dorothy >> >> >> >> Hi Dorothy. >> >> >> >> This is quite simple really. While there have been several methods >> and techniques tabled to make mirroring dynamic and scalabale, the >> only method >> >> we can go with in the immediate, is to have a main page on your >> website that >> >> provides links to either the Ugandan-hosted copy of your site, or >> the Kabissa.org one. >> >> >> >> The links are based on IP addresses, and users in Uganda with >> limited capacity would experience faster connections to your >> website, as it would be >> >> accessible via the exchange. >> >> >> >> In terms of connectivity, all you need to do is host WOUGNET with >> one of the >> >> ISPs that are currently connected to the exchange; which are: >> >> >> >> 1. Africa Online >> >> 2. Wilken Afsat >> >> 3. UTL Online >> >> 4. MTN Uganda >> >> >> >> Once you acquire colo space at any of these ISPs, the WOUGNET site >> will be >> >> locally accessible. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Mark Tinka - CCNA >> >> Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda >> >> >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean.
