Re: [Foundation-l] RFC: local mirrors for cheaper and faster access

2012-01-20 Thread David Gerard
On 20 January 2012 22:19, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > Would it make sense to create some kind of a local mirror of Wikimedia > Projects to facilitate participate in such areas? Creating a data > center in every such place would probably not be cost-effective, but > maybe there's some clever networki

[Foundation-l] RFC: local mirrors for cheaper and faster access

2012-01-20 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Apparently, in the Sakha Republic in Eastern Russia, browsing sites connected to the republic's network is cheap or free according to the plan's the ISPs offers, while browsing sites outside the republic costs more. So people often choose to read local news and forums and request information from e