Hi Badru It is interesting to see the spin you have brought to this discussion. I am all for local content remaining local i.e. no need to host linuxsolutions.co.ug in Europe :-((((.
Anyhow, something I want to bring to the table genuinely is the hosting packages available from the local ISPs. Can they be made more competitive? I am not saying that you have to match the 5 dollar offers from the USA, but can they be made more affordable? (Get my drift?) For example what would the cost be of hosting a server locally with an ISP which I can then use to host as many websites as I find possible? Kiggs any idea how much Infocom charges you? Otherwise on the other hand, we register more .ug domains in Linux Solutions than .com or .br whatever. As a policy, we always encourage clients to give their domains a Ugandan outlook. rgds Wire > Hi Lugs > > interesting discussion on the positives and negatives of yahoo google > etc. > I want to focus all you guys down to our home market. > > Uganda now has an IXP and we are working to join 5 IXPs namely Uganda, > Kenya, Mozambique Nigeria and south Africa as phase one and then move to > join others as they get up and running. > > Kenya created an IXP and the local market has created local content to > make the IXP a viable proposition. There more domain names sold in > these markets than we are doing in Uganda, and more local content. > > The Local content is a collective process which needs active > collaborative involvement from all players. > > We built the roads, we need traffic on these roads, mere email does not > make it a viable proposition. I put on both a techie and business hat > and I foresee the business hats in other organisations mine included > asking the question. > > So I would like to hand a challenge to the techies, (Lugs ) etc, how do > we create more local content. > >>From my point of view my door is open, we are prepared to explore any > ideas and even co-locate your service for a period of time to proove the > concept. > > ISP's have been the fall guys for the high bandwidth charges. (Granted > maybe some of us (the other guys :-) ) over price, but that's because we > /(they) are selling the expensive satellite access for people to go to > yahoo. > > Create local content via the IXP. I hope you also know that anyone can > pier at the IXP it is not closed to ISP's only. > > let me not rant I think you get the point. > > lets create the dialogue online or offline. > > badru > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
