> > But give ISPs free access, as much as they wanted, under some conditions > that would encourage local usage. From here to Gulu, from Gulu to Mbale, > from Mbale to Mbarara etc.
> Just imagine, what would you do with a 10MB link from a locally hosted > server to, for example, all the students at the Mountains of the Moon > University? > Sell access to consumers using a data-cap pricing model, of course. On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Hi, > > > Sorry for crossposting: > > > In local news in The Netherlands, the city of Amersfoort has a fiber > network throughout the city, and is going to share that local network for > FREE with everyone that is connected (NGO or Private Persons, companies pay > a nominal fee). > > > They hope to stimulate all sorts of exiting new usages of the fiber, which > is there anyways for real real local use (like neighbourhood TV, Hospital > Radio etc.) > > > Wouldnt it be just awesome if our government would share the totally > underused fiber they put in the ground from our Tax money? Ok, not > door-to-door, even I know that is not realistic. But give ISPs free access, > as much as they wanted, under some conditions that would encourage local > usage. From here to Gulu, from Gulu to Mbale, from Mbale to Mbarara etc. > > > Just imagine, what would you do with a 10MB link from a locally hosted > server to, for example, all the students at the Mountains of the Moon > University? > > > Here is the article. > > > > http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=nl%7Cen&u=http://www.nu.nl/internet/2659401/amersfoort-maakt-glasvezeldiensten-gratis.html > > > -- > > rgds, > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 758 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > http://twitter.com/batje > > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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