>From a technical standpoint this is one of the main reasons fibre will never completely replace VSAT. With fibre it would be very easy to impose censorship by controlling access to the international bandwidth, but this is obviously not the case with a proliferation of VSATs.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:40 AM Subject: RE: [LUG] [OT] A Chinese Tale? > > I think it is a lame attempt at censorship. Technically speaking, if I > were the Radio Katwe Guy, there are lots of ways you could get this bwino > across to Ugandans. > > Wire > >> Just getting back on that. Government asked all the ISPs to block access >> to >> it. They clearly do not believe in the truth setting people free :-) >> >> >> >> _____ >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of >> Paul Bagyenda >> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:10 AM >> To: Linux Users Group Uganda >> Subject: [LUG] [OT] A Chinese Tale? >> >> >> >> >> >> Apparently a certain rumour mill website (mentioned at >> http://monitor.co.ug/sunday/news/news02125.php) is no longer accessible >> directly from at least 2 major ISP networks. I tried when I heard this, >> and >> was able to confirm it. Moreover, if you surf using any sort of >> anonymizer >> proxy (google search and you will find some such as >> http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html) you can reach it. >> >> >> >> Did the routers catch a cold? What are the implications (user, legal, >> business, etc.)? >> >> This has a distinctly chinese whiff to it! >> >> >> >> P. >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> >> Trek the Rwenzori's. Or just see them online - http://www.rwenzori.com/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
