[tor-project] meek-azure funding has run out

[Kate]

Hi all,

Hurrah for Rabbi Rob, Lauren, David, Nima, Sina, and the other people
who are focusing on this.

There are only ~1,200 Tor users in China right now and 5,000 in Iran.
Looking forward to Snowflake, localization, and other plans to drive up
those numbers.

Will tweet about this development (with help) in Chinese, Farsi, and
other languages when the time is right.

Cheers,

Katie

Sina Rabbani:
> Dear Team,
> 
> I have good news, Rabbi Rob Thomas (robt at cymru.com) is going to cover the costs associated with 
> keeping meek alive. 
> 
> So far I have setup 2 new accounts with Amazon and Azure and working to confirm the functionality.
> https://d183ohpl22nq2f.cloudfront.net/
> https://meek.azureedge.net/
> 
> Cloudfront is working fine and i'm trying to resolve issues with the Azure CDN. Is there a ticket I can update
> with these details? I think I should also bring up a backend server (bridge) and share 
> the new config lines for the Tor Browser Bundle. I'm hoping to get all this done by Monday or sooner.
> 
> Thank you David for keeping this service operational for so long and thank you Rob for keeping it alive!
> 
> All the best,
> Sina
> 
> 
> "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
> 
> ----- On Jan 19, 2017, at 2:17 AM, Yawning Angel yawning at schwanenlied.me wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 20:08:03 -0800
>> David Fifield <david at bamsoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 03:06:17PM -0800, Shari Steele wrote:
>>>> Hey David.
>>>> How much money do we need for 2017?
>>>
>>> The total for meek-azure November 2015 to November 2016 was $6290.69,
>>> or about $525 a month on average. I believe it could go 2× or higher
>>> if we relaxed rate limits. meek-amazon is higher, $13756.30 or
>>> $1150/month over the same time period.
>>
>> Has there been any progress on finding alternative funding for this?
>> dcf's comments on trac indicate "no", which would be unfortunate.
>>
>> --
>> Yawning Angel
>>
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