10 days after I left, I'm back in my London flat wondering what's just hit me. The last ten days have changed the way I look at the world around me. It was such a challenge and more rewarding than I'd ever hoped. I only hope the team have got as much out of my visit as I have.
So, was it worth it? Well, we didn't complete 5 villages and we still have a lot of work to do on the mesh to get it working. But at least we know what the problem is. 95% of the site now runs on the PolkaSpots Hotspot System, we've increased their ip range from 255 available addresses to over 2,000, the Macha Works offices have Internet again, each user's connection has been throttled and a quarantine queue introduced for heavy users enforced. Cables have been properly labelled and a proxy server installed to help the connection. The team have been trained to use the system and finally, nagios monitoring has been installed. At last they have a realtime view of their site; what's up and what's not. And, we installed a second Linknet Hotspot in the Flying Mission Lusaka base. I think that counts as a yes!
Not all work in Macha! Having fun with Elton and Charles.
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