The station server at

P2P.radio - geogram Station

is back online. Major difference is no longer running on a virtual server from a hosting provider. In the first iteration the server had montly costs and a limitation on bandwidth that could be used. On this second iteration the server is running from an Android phone connected to a normal home internet connection. This reduces drastically the costs since now everyone can host their own volunteer stations to keep the network going. There is a cost with domain name, but even that we are working to solve in the future. For now it feels good to self-host even the station servers.

Aviso à navegação: The geogram station located at

P2P.radio - geogram Station

is currently offline because the server was blocked by the hosting provider. It went above permitted monthly bandwidth quota so only next month can resume connectivity to other peers. My apologies for the inconvenience. What this proves is that maintaining servers from hosting providers is not really a good practice for long term self-reliance. They are limited in bandwidth and end up costing quite a bit every month. At the same time: peers shouldn't rely on the existence of stations to find each other across the Internet. I've thought (naturally) about using well-known NOSTR relays but this is just the same issue in the end: dependency to a server, somewhere. Somehow, there must be a way for peers to connect with each other on the internet without known servers in the middle. Naturally.

geogram starts to feature a whole set of alternatives to excel, word and powerpoint. Built by default inside the platform, can be edited straight from a phone and shared with others without storing your files on servers. These docs introduce a novel way to create documents called NDF, which stands for NOSTR Data Format. NDF is used for much more than the whole document types you'd know. They are used for video (keep note of the likes, comments, transcriptions), they are used for meetings (e.g. a meeting room with several meetings archived inside). Login is done with NOSTR, likes, comments and editing files is made with your normal account. Inside each NDF is a zip archive with JSON files. This means a format that any other tool can read/write. A simple file that can be shared with others easily. Forget what google docs. Stop giving all your data to companies who will eventually use those things against you. That can cut your access to data anytime the internet goes down or their account is "full". You are free. Your phone is now your server. Worried about losing the phone? We got you covered, there is the "mirror" option where you pick a second phone (any old android will do) which you can leave at home to be your main "server" and keep a backup of all your data. Easy, done from within geogram. We are building the decentralized reality.