I bet you can’t guess what this post is about.
Bandwidth is the bugbear of all humanitarian ICT types. Whether it’s the unreliable fixed-line infrastructure in many developing countries, or the terrifying costs of satellite-based web connectivity, bandwidth occupies us all. It makes all the nutritional value of the web disappear like fog in the morning sun, all because you’re trying to force it down a drinking straw.
Luckily a group of smart people have gotten together and written a great book on how to maximise your existing bandwidth using open source tools. The book is available on their website – you can order it or download it directly. It’s excellent work, which I look forward to making my way through at leisure.
(I think this was brought to you by the same people behind Wireless Networking for the Developing World, but I wasn’t surprised to see that Aidworld were involved as well.)
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You need to fix the “their website” link it is trying to point to a nonexistant page on your site. You might want to check out http://lartc.org/howto/ I’ve spent loads of time toying with that stuff… Squid can be fun to — I noticed squid was mentioned in the table of contents.
Consider it done… and thanks for the pointer!