It was fascinating because on monday, I took a visit to Bukuku in fort portal and one village connected to the resource centre that's acting as a hub to four remote centres which the nearest is a kilometer and half. We made FREE VoIP calls and all the remote centres have solar and using WiFi.
Ahmed > > We have an asterix deployment in a village called Bukuku in Fort Portal > that enables villagers to make free VOIP calls to each other through a > WiFi system and they are also able to surf the net from some designated > huts that use solar powered PCs. > > Wire > >> Cool. I'm just wondering when Asterix and the whole VOIP buzz will hit >> Kampala. Though initial setup is abit taxing, on the whole Asterix is a >> brilliant entry point into the world of VOIP and IP Telephony. And yes >> "FREE" calls. There is a guy who allows you t call India and the US at >> 300 >> /=, in Wandegs. >> >> FRANCIS. >> >> ======================================================================= >> Begumisa Gerald M writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Hope this is not too off topic! [Justification: Linux is the primary >>> development platform for Asterisk :-)] >>> >>> Otherwise, I think this is quite interesting given Digium's >>> [apparently] >>> fast growth rate (judging purely from the rate of release of hardware / >>> software products and increasingly widespread adoption of Asterisk). >>> >>> I think it would be really cool to see where these funds take them >>> next! >>> >>> ---8<--- >>> >>> HUNTSVILLE, AL and BOSTON, MA . (August 9, 2006) . Digium Inc., the >>> original creator of Asterisk and pioneer of open source telephony, >>> today >>> announced it has closed its first round of venture capital funding, >>> receiving $13.8 million from Matrix Partners, a leading U.S.-based >>> venture >>> capital firm. The funding will help fuel the continued growth of Digium >>> and Asterisk, especially in launching new offerings for the enterprise >>> communications market, ranging from small to large businesses... >>> >>> http://www.digium.com/en/mediacenter/news/viewpress/matrix >>> >>> --->8--- >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Gerald. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> %LUG 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any >>> way. >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
