> true that. But one favours an american corporation, the other the local > ICT community.
The trouble is that these actions inherently legitimize each-other as they are fundamentally the same behavior. If we tell ISPs that it's acceptable to charge differently for local traffic then we are, by default, telling them that it's acceptable to charge differently for all traffic. In my opinion, we (as a society) should do everything in our power to discourage this behavior as it severely damages a core part of what makes the Internet so special (i.e. the level playing field). ----- Original message ----- > > true that. But one favours an american corporation, the other the local > ICT community. > > > > > Not charging for local traffic is no different than not charging for > > Facebook traffic; both actions violate net neutrality principles in > > exactly the same way. > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Reinier Battenberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hari, > > > > > > > > 1) Suggest you lobby your ISP to remove data caps? > > > > > > Or make your ISP charge a lower fee for local traffic, after all, > > > its free > for > > > them, too. > > > > > > (and Mike, dont give me that crap this time that you cant do it, > > > because > what > > > is good for facebook, is even better for local traffic. And no, the > > > infrastructure is not free, but mandatory to maintain anyways, ah, > > > and > when > > > google came along, all of a sudden local traffic was interesting > > > enough to connect to the cache at UTL. Why not play as nice for > > > local businesses? > Might > > > actually create a community of entrepeneurial tech companies.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) What was your calculation on that? The video res is quite low. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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: "Hari Kurup" <[email protected]> > > > > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Saturday, 1 October, 2011 8:52:14 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Web-conferencing solutions hosted in Uganda? > > > > > > > > On 1 October 2011 16:59, Reinier Battenberg > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > For people who want to play with it, here is a demo install, > > > > > running > > > locally > > > > > > > > > > http://bigbluebutton.mountbatten.net:83 > > > > > > > > > > > > Great stuff but by my calculation, 1 hour of this would eat up 1GB > > > > of my data cap. *ouch* > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Hari > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for > > > them in > any > > > way. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for > > > them in > any > > > way. > > > > > > > -- > > > rgds, > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > Director > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > +256 758 801 749 > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > http://twitter.com/batje > > > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them > in any way. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them > in any way. > > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > http://twitter.com/batje > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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