With the cost of broadband and hosting services sliding down (broadband connections start at Rs 250 a month with 256kbps speed, domain name registration at Rs 500 a year), email with your own domain name and for employees with a desktop computer, is becoming a value proposition. Traditionally Indian SME has used public emails such as yahoo. A supported 1 and open source based solution will bring down total cost of ownership of email. The Rrap broadband appliance is a software solution that includes installation of the 1 operating system and configuration that would allow internet sharing, firewall and email with your own domain name.

Broadband Appliance Components

• Free 1 installation and configuration Fedora is a free version of 1 from Redhat the largest 1 company. The software has proven to be rock solid (you don’t need to reboot for months) and comes inbuilt with internet sharing features including a firewall.
• Free email server Scalix / CE is a free version of the 1 industry standard server. Rrap is a reseller of the full version of Scalix, so we know how to install and configure. This free version comes with shared calendars and a mind blowing web interface.
• Installation of open source Windows desktop user applications including open office (Free and legal replacement for Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint and with the ability to create pdf files), Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client.