Ah, I think you misunderstood my idea. My idea is to have access points which are not connected to the Internet at all. No ISP involvement needed. Rather, they are just interlinked with each other and with some kind of server for storage and retrieval of ISOs and such. Think of it as an eternal LAN party.
On 30 April 2012 12:56, Markus A. Wipfler <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be great to have a mirror plugged into the UiXP switch. (Not sure > if that is what Reiner is already doing…) That way ISPs only have to deal > with their own customers traffic. > The harder part is convincing ISPs to price differently based on (local) > destinations. > > WiFi offloading customer data traffic makes sense to an Operators (to free > up congested Cellular networks) but they will still charge you to access > their network. > > > Regards, > > -- > Markus > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote: > > Yes, why not? :) Which service provider would you think would be easier to > convince? Do we have any influential ISP people on the list? > > Barring that: How about creating one (or several) Wi-Fi hotspots which > have uncapped local-network access to a local repository? I have been > toying with the idea for quite some time, and it should be doable. > > On 30 April 2012 12:24, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Let us try to convince the service provider to bill ONLY for last mile >> but host the mirror free. That way it is always >> up to date and will incite us to pay (less hopefully) to download the >> stuff they have.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Benjamin Tayehanpour >> >> *Sent:* 30 April 2012 11:55 >> *To:* Uganda Linux User Group >> *Subject:* Re: [LUG] New Mirror**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Actually, several mirrors is not a bad idea. Or at least making sure the >> one mirror has several means of being connected to the Internet. >> >> I wonder if we could convice one of the ISPs that it would be a great >> sales pitch to offer free traffic for its customers to an in-house mirror? >> **** >> >> On 30 April 2012 08:58, Reinier Battenberg < >> [email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> >> 1 mirror is plenty for Uganda. Rather make sure this mirror works well, >> than >> have 5 half-baked ones. >> >> (And this is a good time for me to delete some isos from our server. happy >> someone is taking over. great job!) >> >> reinier**** >> >> >> On Monday 30 April 2012 08:29:05 Jake Markhus wrote: >> > This mirror is FABULOUS!! I agree MUK should come on board! Can we >> convince >> > ISPs to provide hosted mirrors as well? >> > Or can we have one mirror at the ixp? >> > >> > >> > >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of >> > Wilson >> > Sent: 30 April 2012 08:24 >> > To: Uganda Linux User Group >> > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror >> > >> > >> > >> > Great news!! Only wish MUK also could follow suit and publish its >> mirror on >> > the internet. >> > >> > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Great news but can't help notice that you are missing the most popular >> > linux distro on the planet - aka Linux Mint! (at least according to >> > http://distrowatch.com ) >> > >> > -- >> > Hari >> > >> > On Sun, April 29, 2012 11:01 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> > > Hello Members, >> > > >> > > Just to let you know, our (UCU) local mirror is beginning to take >> shape. >> > > for access visit http://mirror.ucu.ac.ug. >> > > Most of the distributions are done syncing with the exception of >> > > FreeBSD, >> > > Debian, OpenSUSE. >> > > >> > > Send any feedback to [email protected] >> > > >> > > thanks >> > > Alex >> > > >> > > >> > > ----------------------------------------- >> > > This email has been sent with the following Disclaimer. >> > > http://www.ucu.ac.ug/disclaimer.txt. >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > 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. >> > >> > -- >> > Hari >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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.**** >> >> -- >> rgds, >> >> Reinier Battenberg >> Director >> Mountbatten Ltd. >> www.mountbatten.net >> tel: +256 758 801749 >> twitter: @batje**** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
_______________________________________________ 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.
