hey guys I have been following the discussion on a local Shipit service for regional users with interest. I setup www.ubuntu.net.au a couple of years ago with the aim of making ubuntu available to people who have hassles downloading or burning the distro themsleves. I get quite a few orders from really remote communities, esp in WA so I guess it is doing what it is meant to do.
how popular is the service? I get around 30 unique visitors to the site every day. from that I usually get 1 or 2 orders/day. most of the orders come via paypal although I do accept stamps in the mail. I get some lovely comments via letters that people send me. so its not a lot of orders but it is consistent and it is growing so. I think your *free* aussie shipit service for ubuntu 10.04 is a great idea. I think the thing that is going to slow you down is postage costs, every cd costs $1.10 in postage. I'm happy to provide a description of what you guys are doing and a link on the main page of www.ubuntu.net.au I already link to the download section of ubuntu.com so that people can download their own copy. peter -- www.peter.id.au
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