Running an ISP in a Warzone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 24, 2006 @03:33AM from the frag-the-line dept.

musatov writes "SGT Coughanour, David A (HHC 1-110th Infantry US Army) speech on NOTACON 3: "Right now I am currently serving in Iraq where I run IT operations for a small chunk of the Sunni triangle. One of the major projects that we have accomplished here is setting up an ISP that supports 350 subscribers. It has also survived multiple mortar attacks, and is built entirely on Linux." Download video (80 MB QuickTime) Requires latest QuickTime installed. A mirror is available for people to download it."

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It's about time that TCP/IP was tested... by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2006-04-24 03:45 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It's about time that TCP/IP was tested in the conditions it was designed for.

Seriously, other that to act as a recruiting tool for the U.S. Army, what's the news here? All-Linux mom-and-pop size ISPs have been the norm, I think, as far back as 1994 or so.