+1 Vote with your wallet; don't do business with ISPs who don't play well with others.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:01 PM, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> wrote: >> This morning i was at DICTS, discussing RENU (www.renu.ac.ug) as part of ICT >> Director's Forum. If we still have ISPs playing cat and mouse games over >> peering, how can we possibly be dreaming of their support when it comes to >> setting up a Ugandan nREN? >> >> And if UCC doesn't care what IPs the ISPs choose to advertise, i guess the >> idea of an nREN becomes a taller order. Afterall, once it gets lit, members >> would essentially constitute a Bandwidth Consortium, and start to purchase >> from the open market. We shouldn't have to wave a cheque in their faces to >> get peering as a standard. >> >> As it is, if traffic is on a segment it shouldn't be, we all stand to lose. > > agreed. > >> But if NITA and UCC can't "force" some of these basics, then woe to this >> nation... > > disagree! If nations states get to "force" ISPs to behave in ways > they want, the Internet would be remade in the telco model of a 100 > years ago! > > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > _______________________________________________ > 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.
