Wi-Fi for villages without phones

kokopelli · Sep 28th, 2005, 00:17

A program is underway in India to provide villages with Internet connectivity using Wi-Fi combined with “store and forward” technology and the local rural bus system.

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Nick-H · Sep 28th, 2005, 01:15

Amazing. Just amazing.

Ibet the guys who wrote an RFC (the body of documents describing how the internet works) about implementing internet over pigeon would have thought buses just too far fetched

Whether it is a serial bus or a parallel bus probably depends on how muddy the road is...

errr... wouldn't satelite be easier?

shipwreckedcanuk · Sep 28th, 2005, 01:32

That is seriously cool.

I'm guessing that cost, power consumption, and servicing would be the biggest problems for satelite. A kiosk could be plunked down anywhere with even some power, by anyone- no to tech to line up the dish, if they moved it it would still work. They wouldn't look at a 48hr wait as a delay- it would be like us going from dial-up to broadband! Leveraging the bus network seems like a good idea as well, since for someone who didn't understand computers they could understand their message 'travelling' on the bus- odds are they would trust it more than standard connection.

What's 40mph in mhz...?

Sep 28th, 2005, 00:17	#1
kokopelli Sabai Sabai Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 228	Wi-Fi for villages without phones A program is underway in India to provide villages with Internet connectivity using Wi-Fi combined with “store and forward” technology and the local rural bus system. read the full story __________________ my old photo gallery \| houseboats in Kashmir

Sep 28th, 2005, 01:15	#2
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,692	Amazing. Just amazing. Ibet the guys who wrote an RFC (the body of documents describing how the internet works) about implementing internet over pigeon would have thought buses just too far fetched Whether it is a serial bus or a parallel bus probably depends on how muddy the road is... errr... wouldn't satelite be easier? __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

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Sep 28th, 2005, 01:32	#3
shipwreckedcanuk Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bermuda Posts: 18	That is seriously cool. I'm guessing that cost, power consumption, and servicing would be the biggest problems for satelite. A kiosk could be plunked down anywhere with even some power, by anyone- no to tech to line up the dish, if they moved it it would still work. They wouldn't look at a 48hr wait as a delay- it would be like us going from dial-up to broadband! Leveraging the bus network seems like a good idea as well, since for someone who didn't understand computers they could understand their message 'travelling' on the bus- odds are they would trust it more than standard connection. What's 40mph in mhz...?

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