Phil asked for experiences with Skype.
CawdNet has used Skype in various situations - and has some photos of
its use in Ago-Are.
We agree it has great potential for people in the Diaspora to link home.
When David Mutua and I visited the InfoCentre in Ago-Are last December
(our first visit since the VSAT was installed there ) we took along a
headset and installed Skype. People were amazed to see us talking with
friends in the UK.
In a way it was even more amazing when we used Skype for contacting our
friends in urban areas in Nigeria - using Skype to phone. Ago-Are is in
a rural area and there are no phone networks for miles around. It had
never before been possible to contact someone in Ibadan, from Ago-Are,
to confirm arrangement for a planned visit to Ago-Are. The various
friends in Ibadan found it quite hard to believe, at first, that we were
actually speaking to them from Ago-Are.
Word went round quickly - and the next morning the Oba (the local
hereditary ruler) came to the InfoCentre to phone his daughter in Lagos.
David is based at Fantsuam Foundation in Kafanchan now - which is
another place with no telephones - and he uses Skype sometimes from there.
Pam
Pamela McLean
CawdNet convenor
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www.cawd.net and click on CawdNet
Phil Shapiro wrote:
hi everyone -
yesterday i received a query from a reporter interested in writing an
article about the uses of skype. here's the query:
A newspaper reporter is looking to do a story about community groups
that
have used skype and similar such technology to allow immigrants to call
home for free (or at rates far cheaper than previously possible).
Additionally, if there are non-profits which previously paid high phone
rates to keep in touch with their institutional partners abroad but are now
calling for free using p2p technology, this reporter would also like to
hear about it. Ideally, the reporter would like to find immigrant groups or
non-profit organizations in NY city, but this is not requisite. Any and all
leads welcome.
if you have some stories to share on this topic, thanks for briefly
describing them in an email to me. i'll forward them on to the
reporter.
- phil
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