>> Can something like NRC-FOSS provide the funds for
one
Indian mirror,
>> which can be hosted by any of the existing
institutes
already doing it
>> privately?
>>
> Ideally, NRCFOSS should be able to do this, since
it is within their
> charter. Someone needs to ping them and point to
this
urgency
>
>
> In the last meeting at the Shibpur campus, they
said that
they cannot
> provide the bandwidth. They can help with the
hardware
though.
>
All these institutes depend on the commercial service
providers for the
bandwidth which is costly in spite of the discounts
offered.
Till such time ERNET is completely revived and made
stronger and is
properly connected with NIXI at all NIXI nodes this
bandwidth crisis for
the institutes shall continue.
The present approach can be to request service
providers like BSNL and
VSNL to provide some mirrors as they have hardware and
bandwidth in plenty.
IIT - Madras hosts a mirror for debian for public use.
May they can be
approached for fedora as well.
with Regards,
ASHWIN
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