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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