So, if you would have the hardware to unzip & load it, you could ask benjamin to bring along the full 32G of openstreetmap http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/planet.openstreetmap.org/full- experimental/
if you download it, benjamin might be just faster :-) (this is yet another email to celebrate opendata! ) On Friday 02 March 2012 14:42:28 Paul Bagyenda wrote: > 4GB will take a day or so to pull over locally. Which is not only a huge > improvement, but is also something one can live with. > On Mar 02, 2012, at 12:05, Mark Tinka wrote: > > On Friday, March 02, 2012 05:00:37 PM > > > > [email protected] wrote: > >> Speaking of downloading ISO images: Is it convenient to > >> do so nowadays in Uganda? > > > > Obviously, the last mile is bottleneck, and not just because > > an ISP will over-price bandwidth. > > > > If you work at an ISP, I don't think this will be an issue, > > as you're sitting on pipe. > > > > But seeing as I'm not in the country, I'm certainly not > > qualified to comment on the state of the various last mile > > options in Uganda at the moment :-). > > > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. www.mountbatten.net tel: +256 758 801749 twitter: @batje _______________________________________________ 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.
