This is really orsm. One of the main problems with Ubuntu uptake in South Africa is the lack of sufficient bandwidth to download the images.<br><br>For those of you who don't have a WADSL account, its pretty trivial to set up a Pay as You Go ADSL account that doesn't have an expiration on the bandwidth. So its only a once off payment of R70.<br> <br>Robert<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Morgan Collett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:morgan@ubuntu.com">morgan@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 15:52, Morgan Collett <<a href="mailto:morgan@ubuntu.com">morgan@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Web Africa have set up an FTP server in their FreeZone that also works<br> > over http: <a href="ftp://ftp.wa.co.za/pub/ubuntu/" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.wa.co.za/pub/ubuntu/</a><br> <br> </div>My apologies: I was so enthralled that I didn't notice my browser was<br> in fact connecting over ftp, not http.<br> <br> So it's just ftp.<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> > This means that Web Africa ADSL subscribers can download the CD images<br> > and it doesn't count to your cap.<br> ><br> > I've just pulled down the karmic alternate CD image - sweet to be<br> > maxing my 4Mb line without paying for it...<br> ><br> > I've requested a mirror of <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">archive.ubuntu.com</a>, and also for them to<br> > add lucid alpha images. I'll shout it from the rooftops when that is<br> > done.<br> ><br> > Regards<br> > Morgan<br> ><br> <br> --<br> ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>