Just a question: how many of you ISPs is caching Windows Update? Just as a wild guess, but i wouldnt be suprised if about 20% of the nationwide trafffic would be XP machines without any servicepack trying to download SP1, and failing all the time, and then the next day, trying again. Correct me when i am wrong, but the proxylogs i have seen do point into that direction.
What other measures are being taken to 'make efficient use' of the Internet pipe (i know there is a lot of effort going into spamfighting)? And what can we all do to help that effort? Funny enough, we (users) do all benefit from the efficiency, as prices could go down, more people get online, business florishes for all of us :-) On Tuesday 19 June 2007 17:11:26 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I beg to differ: > > - Cheap is relative. > > - I feel there is just no way of getting the product to be cheap. > ISPs just buy Internet pipes and resale them. They are expensive right from > the source so there is no way an ISP can sell them 'cheap'. Perhaps a > charity... > > - The way the ISPs typically make money is by sharing out the pipe > to as people as possible 'cheaply' > > - We are trying to get it to the customer 'cheap' by encouraging > efficient use of the an expensive and scarce resource > > Perhaps things will improve when EASSY gets here in the future. By the grace > of God. > > > > TK > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ben > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 16:20 > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: New MTN Broadband package or 'better' yellowline > > > > Well, > > I think it is high time that "consumer" (I would rather say "user" but it > depends from which point of view you are ...) build a group and try to share > their ap > it is a fact that a cheap connexion with relatively good quality does not > exist in Uganda ... so yes from the user point of view "consumers" are robbed > .. :-) > > my 2 cents > > 2007/6/19, Badru Ntege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > been silently reading the thread and it kind of highlights the > disconnect we have as users. The last email more or less drives it > home. The ISP market in UG is open with a number of players offering a > variety of products with variable configurations and equally variable > pricing. The client should thus understand the offer and choose that > particular service that meets his/her requirements. > > So MTN has chosen that it's products will have a download cap and you > have a number of choices. However on the flip side some other > providers have non capped products. So it's time the consumer decided > on the right march. If MTN have made a judgement problem the market > will let them know. But do not blame them if you knowingly pick their > product with the limitations they have told you about and then turn > around and say " I was robbed". > > my 2 shillings > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
