Actually, the Chinese just tunnel under the firewall. If you don't know how, the local Internet café will do it for you if you ask and look sufficiently non-government-spyish.
On 23 July 2013 19:16, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]> wrote: > The answer is to host the applications HERE in Uganda and if they are good > enough, people will find them here but for now, let them be relevant to our > markets here. The first thing all these countries did was develop their > INTERNAL networks. Silicon valley became that way because PEOPLE WENT > THERE. This means the link from the world to silicon valley SUCKED and so > the only way to be a part of it was to GO THERE. **** > > Make our country relevant to us and others. Look at China. If the link > from china to the world were cut, Chinese people could surf for years using > social media without missing the rest of us. Can we say the same of Uganda? > **** > > There are HUGE parts of Uganda with no internet! There are ISPs with HUGE > boasts but with coverage of Kampala ONLY (WTF??). Such people should have > their licenses revoked for being redundant. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *brian lance > *Sent:* 23 July 2013 20:01 > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Global Bandwidth**** > > ** ** > > Good read, but its like a pipeline dream here in Uganda in terms of > bandwidth expansion to the leagues in Europe or Asia, esp when you hear > orange advertise for 42Mbps modems when actually no one in Uganda utilizes > such internet speeds. Its like buying a Bugatti Veyron to test on Kampala > road. Currently paying 300k to Orange for 512kbps.. and our ministry with > over 250 users has only 5mbps...its a ridiculous.**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039974/The-deep-web-The-new-map-undersea-cables-world-clicking.html > **** > > ** ** > > > http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/bandwidth-explosion-as-internet-use-soars-can-bottlenecks-be-averted/ > **** > > ** ** > > --------------------------------------**** > > Five *solae***** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
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