An update: One of my external hard drives is currently piggy-backing its way to Europe and back. Its purpose is basically to be refilled with stuff I forgot before I left. Any requests? Any distros you'd like to have brought down?
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > Artificial scarcity (i.e. data-caps) is generally introduced by > customer-facing networks, not upstream/transit providers. > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 6:06 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think for ADSL dedicated on the local loop, caps can only be due to the >> international carrier charges. (Do you happen to know how much >> international carriers charge these ISPs?) >> >> Quoting Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>: >> >> +1 >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> ** >>>> >>>> The biggest problem is data caps and not data rates! >>>> -- >>>> ..............................**..............................**...... >>>> Seat of Wisdom ..........................Pray for us >>>> Cause of our Joy...........................**Pray for us >>>> ..............................**..............................**....... >>>> Mayengo Tom Kizito >>>> +256-752-602550 >>>> +256-782-062708 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> *From*: >>>> kawalyadavis@donald-it-**solutions.com<[email protected]> >>>> *Reply-to*: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>>> *To*: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]<Uganda%** >>>> 20Linux%20User%20Group%20%**[email protected]<uganda%2520linux%2520user%2520group%2520%[email protected]> >>>> %3e>>, >>>> Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]<B** >>>> enjamin%20Tayehanpour%20%**[email protected]<benjamin%2520tayehanpour%2520%[email protected]> >>>> %**3e> >>>> > >>>> *Subject*: Re: [LUG] GNU/Linux ISOs >>>> *Date*: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:21:55 -0500 >>>> >>>> >>>> :)Where exactly is the bottleneck? Where did you experience this from, >>>> i mean the location? (Those are typical questions from service >>>> providers) >>>> >>>> But, I suppose even if the ADSL local loop is copper, it should >>>> achieve up to 8Mbps downlink, then you will be switched onto a T1, or >>>> T2, or T3, or at T4 ye probably switched to the Uganda Border Exit >>>> gateway, then to the Kenya Exit gateway, unto the Africa exit gateway, >>>> unto Europe entrance gateway, then unto some university mirrors in >>>> Europe to get the distros. >>>> >>>> As far as i have been reading, the exit gateway interconnection should >>>> now be fiber; so why couldn't you download your distros fast enough? >>>> >>>> For the broadband mobile, probably i can understand, coz the base >>>> stations may not be interconnected by fibre, the error rate is great, >>>> and any overhead enabling encryption on the access modems renders the >>>> system slow...... >>>> >>>> Quoting Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> > Having downloaded two ISOs over a Ugandan ADSL connection, I am now >>>> > thoroughly humbled. It would take less time to walk/drive over to a >>>> > friend's house and copy his or her downloaded ISO! >>>> > >>>> > Which, in fact, brings me to my point. I have a few distribution ISOs >>>> on my >>>> > laptop in case anyone would save some time and bandwidth. I usually >>>> sit in >>>> > WOUGNETs office during office hours (GPS: 0.34382,32.59247 Google >>>> Maps: >>>> > http://goo.gl/LWcML), so feel free to come and leech some data! File >>>> list >>>> > follows below. >>>> > >>>> > b6e67f3a5b69e5e224eb67df277dfa**d7 ./Arch/archlinux-2011.08.19-** >>>> core-dual.iso >>>> > >>>> > 68d0109017f486f24a4c04217dd547**f2 ./Archbang/archbang-2011.11-** >>>> i686.iso >>>> > 74ae96da17c3710bf88f1efa85adce**0c ./Archbang/archbang-2011.11-** >>>> x86_64.iso >>>> > >>>> > 1e573918749a7aad9ed2898793c257**eb >>>> > ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-**1.2.12-24-amd64.iso >>>> > 5375306316a8952e5861745c3ded34**72 >>>> > ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-**1.2.12-24-i486.iso >>>> > 6db7912497be27f3c663276715f8d9**85 >>>> > ./Clonezilla/clonezilla-live-**1.2.12-24-i686-pae.iso >>>> > >>>> > fad3c3cba2b019c805c88c33742ced**ef >>>> > ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-**20120207-amd64.bpo.iso >>>> > bbfba02e9ce54c5370e454228637fa**99 >>>> > ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-**20120207-i386.bpo.iso >>>> > 016fc66784fe351a1a1248f30b8d5c**65 >>>> > ./Crunchbang/crunchbang-10-**20120207-amd64.iso >>>> > f14fb84ecac5f859e8a3434ff99aeb**a6 >>>> > 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>>>> > 36e4df15706ac8e7383c17788cdb58**d7 ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-dvd-** >>>> amd64.iso >>>> > 8044d756b7f00b695ab8dce07dce43**e5 ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-dvd-** >>>> i386.iso >>>> > >>>> > f8a0112b7cb5dcd6d564dbe59f18c3**5f ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-server-** >>>> amd64.iso >>>> > 881d188cb1ca5fb18e3d9132275dce**da ./Ubuntu/ubuntu-11.10-server-** >>>> i386.iso >>>> > >>>> > ab1e8b5707d888ac08a75e25b67059**c6 ./Ubuntu/xubuntu-11.10-** >>>> desktop-amd64.iso >>>> > 5eaf65ba12f74b6c5b912cce2dae17**62 ./Ubuntu/xubuntu-11.10-** >>>> desktop-i386.iso >>>> > >>>> > d050e2d6ca2351af40a9ff5ff908cb**b2 >>>> > ./wikipedia/enwiki-latest-**pages-articles.xml.bz2 >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Kawalya Davis >>>> Programmes Manager >>>> Donald IT Solutions Ltd >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> 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: >>>> 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