cheap local hosting? mm, let me think....
-- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director of Hosting Mountbatten Ltd., the only serious local hosting provider inside Uganda while all others only complain about local hosting not being available and not doing anything about it for the last 5 years already. +256 758 801 749 http://hosting.mountbatten.net http://twitter.com/batje http://twitter.com/mapuganda > McTim, > > I admit I over generalised the notion of "the internet". What I meant is the > services we take for granted like > email and access to certain services like news. I know for a fact that > certain core services in Uganda would > halt if yahoo, gmail and Hotmail were no longer reachable in Uganda. This > despite the fact that we had a working > email server in Uganda as early as 1999 (at least I had access to one thanks > to open source)!! > > As a former bank employee, it astounded me that an email from ministry of > finance would get sent via yahoo to bank of > Uganda! I recall a day when "the internet" was down (OKAY FINE!! The fibre > optic cable was broken AS USUAL) and the > only internet service we had at the bank was RTGS thanks mainly to the > existence of the IXP (God bless them). But services > > Like swift (international wire transfer) were down because that other thing > was down ("the internet"). I was dumbfounded that > I could not send a TT 100m to Barclays because a cable in Kenya (Kenya is a > foreign country right?) was damaged. FOR CHRISSAKES!! > > I could have run a patch cable that distance (100m to barclays) or used > sneakernet (which I told the manager to do but that is another > story)!! > > What I was calling for is a robust and cheap (free or self-funding) network > within Uganda to handle communication within Uganda. Ecommerce > > And websites hosted in Uganda. Information at district or constituency level > available within Uganda cheaply. We in FOSS are not constrained > by money or time. It is just interest and motivation. I bet if we were so > inclined we could network the whole of Kampala with free wireless just > by having each member here plugin an extra wireless router (separate from > the worknet OF COURSE) If we started on a small scale then talked > to telcos to DONATE bandwidth for larger distances, then it could work. > Think about it ;-) > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > McTim > Sent: 01 November 2011 12:44 > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux This Client Software > > > > How exactly does a foreign country shut off the internet in ug? Curiously > yours, McTim > > On Oct 31, 2011 8:10 PM, "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brian, > > Marten here has the perfect solution for you. I need to take his idea and > see if it is easy to implement. > I would like to start a darknet in Uganda. An opensource network with a > central server(s), free bandwidth > and minimum cost of joying. That way where ever on is in the country, they > can participate and benefit from open > source. > With a setup like Marten suggests/uses, the only cost of joining for > read-only privileges would be having the hardware, > The skill and access to the network. > It really saddens me that Uganda has no real countrywide infrastructure. > Truth be told a foreign govt could shut us down > Quite easily (I know of the IXPs). DO we develop app and software for > sharing within Uganda and relevant to Uganda? > Think about it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Marten Vijn > Sent: 31 October 2011 19:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Linux This Client Software > > On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 15:35 +0300, Brian Ssennoga wrote: > > Hello FOSS People, > > > > In our (IHSU's) continued quest for a thin-client solution, we have > > landed on this - > > http://www2.userful.com/products/product-comparison/userful-multiseat- > > vs-windows-multipoint - > > > We have migrated a away from a linux terminal - thinclient model due: > - performance issue > - access to local hardware (optical media / usbdrive) > - graphic acceleration. > > But we also _not_ wanted to local administration..... > > So maybe this setup may suit you too: > http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~mvn/ > > I am maintaining this setup for almost 2.5 years (Ubuntu Karmic + Lucid) > with (more or less) happy users..... > > kind regards, > Marten > > > > > > I wonder, has anyone come across this before? Any prior experience we > > might want to learn from? > > > > > > > We will surely go onto the free trials, as we await sales information, > > so we know how expensive/cheap it is. > > > > -- > > Love indeed conquers all..... > > Brian A. Ssennoga > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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). 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