> > As to contacting Telkos, Its a great idea. Lots of potential for telkos to > differentiate themselves. And the idea has been floated a few times. So > far the > only services that are provided at lesser costs to users are abroad > (0.facebook.com and m.wikipedia.org) >
To ask for this is to ask for a non-neutral Internet. Rather than asking the Telecoms to destroy the Internet as we know it, we should encourage ISPs to offer unlimited/un-capped services (throttling connection speeds is OK). On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > > There used to be an ubuntu/debian cache at the UIXP. Its not a place to > keep > any ICT equipment so I moved our server to a real nice datacenter run by > Roke > Telkom in Bugulobi. Now that more appropriate organisations (like the > University UCU) take over the responsibility of hosting mirrored data, I > will > downgrade our services in this regard. (going to delete the hardy isos :-) > > As to contacting Telkos, Its a great idea. Lots of potential for telkos to > differentiate themselves. And the idea has been floated a few times. So > far the > only services that are provided at lesser costs to users are abroad > (0.facebook.com and m.wikipedia.org) > > While there is (still) a local copy of schoolwiki running that is totally > free > for ISPs to host or link to (And am totally open to run services like this > under a different URL) > > http://schoolwiki.mountbatten.net/ > > rgds, > > 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. >
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