Hi Greg Beware there is a lot of snake oil in this business. The story you linked to earlier about this "new technology" called adaptive private networking is pretty suspect. call me old fashioned, but when I see mention of new networking technology I tend to try and find the rfc's. Surprise, surprise - no rfc, just a dodgy looking company holding a dodgy looking patent and seeking international partners to sell "their" technology.
When mobile companies talk about APNs they usually talk of Access Point Names so lots more possibilities for confusion. On 29 June 2010 13:08, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jason > > The application I'm referring to will capture campaign data on a daily basis > using up to 15,000 mobiles. > > The use of APN is intended to be an alternative to data bundles that will > cost the mobile user nothing. It gets rid of the excuse "I didn't have > airtime and couldn't sms the data"... Who is offering this alternative to data bundles. Is it Vodacom? I am trying to understand where the free bandwidth is coming from - the APN stuff is really about adaptive routing using existing network links (of which there is already a long and illustrious history so not much new there), but it sure isn't going to give you free bandwidth. > > APN is fairly new here in South Africa - only coming in end of last year. It > allows organizations to set up their own private cellphone 'network'. E.g. > vlive, VodafoneLive... So I'm a bit confused. Vodafone can set up vlive coz they own the network and don't have to charge for data - they can make revenue with advertising etc. Is there a brochure for this service? Cheers Bob > > ------Original Message------ > From: Jason Pickering > To: Greg Vodacom > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dhis2-devs] APN for Mobile DHIS > Sent: Jun 29, 2010 13:32 > > This really has nothing to do with DHIS2 itself, but the underlying > way in which clients to connect to each other. > > We have tested the use of OpenVPN in Zambia, and it works fine for > remote database connections where a secure line is required. However, > there are drawbacks (namely maintenance, setup and configuration) > which limits the use cases for this type of "darknet". > > Not really sure why it would be necessary, but perhaps there is a use > case for it in SA. It should not make any difference to DHIS2 as long > as clients can connect to each other through TCP/IP. > > Regards, > Jason > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi guys >> >> Forgive me for intruding but does anyone know if DHIS2 mobile platform makes >> use of APN technology? The guys here at CellLife in Cape Town are proposing >> a mobile vpn as part of a proposal. Just want to know if you guys are using >> it or are able to or know of issues in getting APN's set up for mobile use... >> >> Greg >> >> Sent via BlackBerry >> >>_______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > -- > Jason P. Pickering > email: [email protected] > tel:+260968395190 > > > Sent via BlackBerry > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
