Another vote for Ubiquiti equipment. Used them at an NGO a few years back to connect about 25 kilometres from Naguru Hill to a research station in Namulonge.
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On 23 May 2012 14:04, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > You could also try building something like this. > > http://www.freedomtoaster.org/ > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Vass" <[email protected]> > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 2:02:24 PM > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > Linksys Wireless Router - 250,000/= > NAS Drive for Software - 100-200$ > > > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edmonds Namasenda" <[email protected]> > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 12:11:26 PM > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > > My thinking is that WE (all of us up to the idea) have to contribute to > buying the kits once agreed upon. > > Ubiquiti is quite good though costly. I used some of their equipment about > two years ago. And, software version updates are often important at first > set-up to achieve the distances without auto restarts. > > We could start with independent boxes at volunteer "hosting" offices and > an outdoor access router / point. As the "hosting" offices become more, we > plan implement the interconnection and redundancies. > > What are the cost implications for any initial small independent plans (in > the name of this venture)? > We might not be in position to get the heavier costs to throw up a mesh > initially. > > # Edmonds > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Simon Vass < [email protected] > wrote: > > > Can I suggest having a word with the Hive Colab, there office is half way > down Kanjokya Street, next door to SMSmedia and they are on the third floor > so good line of sight to everyone else, plus Daniel Stern had a idea to do > something similar way back. Pretty much just need a Omnidirectional radio, > like http://www.ubnt.com/airmax BulletM or a few directional ones. > > If you bought some extra Nanostations you could throw up a couple of links > across town to. Last time I checked the Powerstation could go up to tens of > Kms. I have not checked out the RocketM line however. > > Happy to throw some time testing and setting up, if someone buys the kit. > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benjamin Tayehanpour" < [email protected] > > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" < [email protected] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 11:29:19 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > > True, true. My initial thoughts was, after all, that the ISPs wouldn't be > involved; this network wouldn't be connected to the Internet, at least not > at first, so net-neutrality is irrelevant to this project. > > > On 23 May 2012 11:24, Jake Markhus < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you Edmond for bringing us BACK on track. > I really do not see the need for an ISP at this initial stage since all we > are trying to do is BLANKET the entire Bukoto street with a > free, easy to access, easy to maintain (self-maintaining), neutral > wireless network. The objective is to get Kampala wired up. > > If an ISP would like to use that network as a ramp for their paying > clients to go online then so be it (they should pay us (LUG)). > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] ] On > Behalf Of Edmonds Namasenda > Sent: 23 May 2012 10:52 > > > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > > > > > > > Gentlemen and Ladies, > > Somewhere I read about a pilot network to be established in the Bukoto > Street (Kamwokya / Kololo) or so area where many ICT companies are camped. > Where did it end? We could begin sourcing equipment and ISOs. Any > interested ISPs would then find us somewhere. > > As any salary earner, I would gladly contribute to both equipment and ISO > contributions... at the end of the month. > > That is my humble thinking. > > # Edmonds. > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Simon Vass < [email protected] > wrote: > > > (I agree that it would be better with unlimited connections altogether. > But I'm not certain ISPs are ready for that yet, and in that case this idea > is an agreeable compromise until we can indeed achieve "real" neutrality.) > > We had 'real' net neutrality. It's the telco's who convinced us otherwise, > with data caps. Ask your ISP if they buy there bandwidth according to how > much they consume! So why should we? Doesn't SEACOM and TEAMS have > infrastructure to maintain? > > Personally if we go down this road we'll move further away from 'real' net > neutrality until we don't even know what it looks like any more, as with > the way most people think it's perfectly normal to have an internet > connection based on usage not speed. > > > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benjamin Tayehanpour" < [email protected] > > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" < [email protected] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 23 May, 2012 9:47:58 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > > Normally, yes. However, here you must take into account the people who at > present cannot afford an Internet connection, or, if they do, cannot afford > certain activities on the Internet due to it being insanely expensive to > download large files. > > In essence, you can choose between two non-neutralities: the one we have > now, or the one proposed. > > In the one we have now, only wealthier clients can afford to download > large amounts of data, and the not-so-wealthy have either to give up hope > of partaking in such content or to copy the file from a wealthier > acquaintance. > > In the one proposed, only wealthier clients can afford to download large > amounts of off-country data, and the not-so-wealthy will have access to > said data through in-country local-access-only servers, or, failing that, a > direct transfer between two people via the Internet, which will be free of > charge for both parties since the data never crosses the border. > > Which non-neutrality do you prefer, barring total neutrality which, > unfortunately, is far away? > > (I agree that it would be better with unlimited connections altogether. > But I'm not certain ISPs are ready for that yet, and in that case this idea > is an agreeable compromise until we can indeed achieve "real" neutrality.) > > > On 23 May 2012 09:20, Simon Vass < [email protected] > wrote: > > > Benjamin, > > Once an ISP is differentiating access to content by price your breaking > net neutrality. > > > > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected] > > > > To: Uganda Linux User Group < [email protected] > > Sent: Wed, 23 May 2012 08:56:14 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: Re: [LUG] New Mirror > > Internet is already "non-neutral" in many countries. The only way to make > it neutral would be to make Internet available to everyone free of charge. > This is already done in many larger cities (free hotspots &c.), including > Kampala I believe (I have at least seen unprotected hotspots -- whether by > design or by accident I'm not sure). > > It's doesn't affect neutrality to make local traffic cheaper than > international traffic. On the contrary, it helps spreading files and > information to people who otherwise couldn't foot the bill on downloading > it. > > On 21 May 2012 23:23, Kyle Spencer < [email protected] > wrote: > > > 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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