This is the kind of stuff going on:
- We do offer limtied training to people looking to get involved with networking. This involves some basic training on IP networking and routing and also OSPF routing which is what we use to router our traffic.
- We also have a Wikipedia mirror running on our network. That’s hosted by one of our members.
- We also offer email to our members.
- Mirrors or proxies to external sites could also be interesting.
- Our DNS servers are mostly Pi’s running a custom bind config (our WugPi).
- Members can easily learn how to host their websites or services on Pi or other hardware.
The network has dns and routing services provided so once you are connected you can host things on your PC/server on the network. We have no concerns unless what you are doing is outside our rules/constitution.
Coursera and similar proxies/mirrors sound interesting as well to me.
As to interest I am not certain. Perhaps @MDE can pip up on how many people visit his Wikipedia mirror for example? I know some portion of our members do not have internet (or unlimited internet) and might be interested in this sort of thing.