[Fsuk-manchester] MFS Talk. Madlab. Tuesday, 18th January. "How to build an ISP using Free Software", Thomas Mangin.

[Michael Dorrington]

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* Talk: How to build an ISP using Free Software
* Speaker: Thomas Mangin

* Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory). Upstairs.
* Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
"(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
  http://madlab.org.uk/
* Date: Tuesday, 18th January 2011 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
* Start time: 19:00
* Finish time: 20:30

Details
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This talk will be a tour de force of how to build an ISP using Free
Software. The talk will not only include using Free Software to provide
both internal infrastructure and Internet services, but also the legal
requirements. The talk will include views on Open Standards and Neutrality.

The talk will cover:

    * Legal Structure of an ISP.
    * Joining the Internet community.
    * Routing packets using Free Software.
    * Internet Services using Free Software including:
          o DNS, mail, web, VoIP, virtualisation, authentication and IM.
    * Providing Dialup and ADSL.
    * Internal infrastructure using Free Software including:
          o Monitoring, reports, customer information.
    * Understanding the ISP Market.
    * Open Standards and Neutrality
    * And more!

    Thomas Mangin is a Non-Executive Director at LINX (London Internet
Exchange) and Technical Director at Exa Networks (an award winning ISP).

Location
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The meeting will take place at the usual time, 7pm, at Madlab on Edge
Street in the Northern Quarter. "(Between Thomas St and the Craft
Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)". We will be located upstairs. The
venue provides wifi. The talk is followed by an informal discussion in
the bar opposite (A Place Called Common
<http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/>).

Transport
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Parking: Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero
cost after 6pm on Tuesday but get full up. There are paid parking lots
around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap centred on
Madlab
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP
<http://www.ncp.co.uk/>. If you can't decide otherwise then park in
Manchester Arndale <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.

Public Transport: Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill
tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close
to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.48427&lon=-2.23652&zoom=15&layers=M>.
Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
Station are not too far either.

Further details at <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-01-18>.

More Information
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General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found
on our website.

* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-01-18

If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please
contact us at <address@hidden>.

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