Hi Ondřej I think you are right that it just depends on various parts. I come from India and shipping cost for me from my city to anywhere in India is at max $3. I am sure RIPE would have to pay way more than that besides the risk of getting the sent probe trapped in customs. Also, we have very few events belonging to IP community (as opposed to Europe). Thus shipping probes are way more effective way out on this side of the world (and maybe not in CZ). Thanks. On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Ondřej Caletka <Ondrej.Caletka@cesnet.cz> wrote:
Dne 16.4.2018 v 15:10 Anurag Bhatia napsal(a):
Did anyone else come across this issue? How do you ensure that probe you are sending is not the second probe to an already shipped probe by RIPE?
My impresion was that the purpose of ambassadors is to hand out probes during face-to-face meetings at various conferences, not to ship probes by mail. Whenever somebody ask me to get a probe shipped to them, I just redirect them to RIPE Atlas application form.
Of course, in more distant parts of the world, I can see some benefit in shipping probes from ambassadors, instead of NCC. In that case I would explicitly ask the hosts not to apply using the application form on the website.
Regards, Ondřej Caletka
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