Network in Kampala

Hey everyone - Carrie is working on a blog post for yesterday. It was chaos. Sorry for the delay on it.

I did want to update you on the wiring project here in Kampala, and on the equipment for Kitgum.

The wiring at the Diocese of Kampala is done. We ran Cat5 to each office, terminated all the connections, installed the switches and router, configured the ADSL connection and went live. Remembering that they were paying $500/month for dialup that only one person could use at a time makes the $200/month for the 64k ADSL an easier pill to swallow. You gotta love the developing world infrastructure.

I found the last remaining pieces of equipment today for Kitgum. A Sony DVD player. The cost was higher than we were hoping, but we've been able to borrow a car to go north instead of hiring one, so we'll just redirect the funds and call it good. We've heard that they hold outreach events in the evenings and look forward to being able to show movies to provide further incentive for people to come. (Thanks again to the youth of Good Samaritan for pledging to raise the funds to pay for the projector, and to KLM for providing the funds for the new DVD player!)

Thats enough I think - its late. Best to everyone, and please leave a comment if you are so inclined.

Andy (and Carrie.)