Please RSVP if you helped with Latin America's / Sugar's friendly new 3G
"My Settings" option -- letting me know which days you can join our
meeting over IRC and/or ideally phone!
(As glitches canceled today's 4PM talk below, and rescheduling is a
challenge with Sundays pre-booked every week with other talks below into
August; but on the bright side our Canadian speaker suggests
rescheduling for Sunday July 4th, 4PM -- as 4G would be a great subtopic
in true celebration of that All-American July FOURth holiday :)
Caryl Bigenho wrote:
Hi Nancie and all...
Sounds like a great device. However, here in Montana the only 3G
network we have is Verizon. ATT doesn't have it here (thus an iPhone
is not very worthwhile here). ATT was here, pulled out was replaced by
Alltel which is now being taken over by ATT! (Which still doesn't have
3G service here.... much less 4G). There is no Sprint at all.
I guess with under 1 million people and the largest city about 100,000
Montana doesn't rank very high with the tech companies.
We have no cable TV where I am, thus no cable internet connection
either. We do have a great rural company with broadcast towers for
internet with antennas (antennae?) on our houses. Works great until a
thunder storm causes a power outage.
TV... nothing local... too many mountains. We have Direct TV.... no
locals available. Dish Network offers Billings MT locals.
I was looking forward to today's talk because I can really relate to
the problems of people who live in rural areas!
Caryl
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:42:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [support-gang] 4PM Talk Today: How Cellular Data can
Reach *Distant* Schools [was: 5 upcoming Sunday talks/events for OLPC
volunteers]
Hi.
Sorry to hear that today's call had to be postponed. The subject is
very interesting.
I am happy to report that last week while traveling in the US with my
XO, someone had a new wireless Internet device from Sprint. She said
that with her monthly service account, she could connect up to 9
computers to the Internet. The small device just sits on the table.
Soon, Sprint will have a phone with this capability built in. You can
set your phone on the table and connect the computers to 3 G service.
Of course I tried connecting my XO-1. It works!! I easily found her
network in the neighborhood. I had to try to connect several times
with different configurations for the password. I don't know which one
worked, but one did. If another opportunity to use this presents, I'll
be careful to note the correct settings for the entering the password.
Bottom line is, yes, this technology can connect our remote small
deployments to the Internet. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, I hope the internet
is coming your way soon!
Nancie:)
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:19:26 -0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [support-gang] 4PM Talk Today: How Cellular Data can
Reach *Distant* Schools [was: 5 upcoming Sunday talks/events for OLPC
volunteers]
O dear, o dear--
1) Our conf call service is no longer working
2) The building was shuttered due to construction.
Will try to reschedule soon!
Presentation attached:
Hope to see you in just under 1.5hrs, in person or on the phone!
/All presentations Sunday 4PM Boston/Eastern Time, unless
otherwise noted. Calls should be short (15min talk, 15min
Q&A) -- alongside any insider OLPC scoop I can possibly
provide you, to help all volunteers do their very best:/
*Sunday June 27 - How Cellular Data can Reach *Distant* Schools*
By Roger Glasel, CEO eeZee Communicarions Inc, http://www.eezee.ca
/Clarif:/ many of us will gather 4PM (SHARP) at OLPC's office in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts to listen to Roger present his slides from Edmonton,
Alberta.
Sorry doors are locked after 4PM -- RSVP if you will attend in person!
Roger will explain how you can put your school online,
even if you
live in a remote area just outside the reach of your
cellphone's
normal calling areas. The technology does not require the
cellphone company advance permission, and requires only
a $700-$2500 device that dramatically boosts your regular
cellphone data plan's signal, using all modern protocols:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
*Sunday July 11 - Virtual Field Trip Realness (Classrooms
ain't in Kansas Nomore)*
By Laura Susan Bell, Virtual Field Trip Facilitator & OLPC
Support Volunteer.
Laura will explain how she administers classrooms in Upper
NY State,
taking her students on virtual field trips will real-live
NASA engineers etc,
who ship her in-classroom supplies in-advance to
dramatically liven the
experience for all kids.
*Sunday July 18 - Eleven Years Deploying Computers in South
African Schools*
By Alan Field, in person at OLPC in Cambridge, MA.
Alan will discuss the many deep lessons he's learned along
the way, over
the 11 years he and his wife have spent teaching &
training using Macs
across 30 schools 300KM SE of Johannesburg. Towards both
"Creative Learning" and "Drill and K^hThrill" -- come
learn where
Nelson Mandela's post-World Cup nation is heading next.
http://web.mac.com/donita27/EndumeniLearningMachines/Home.html
*Sunday July 25 NOON - East Africa and West Africa OLPC
Community Public Brunch*
NYC/Bronx Location to be announced here -- RSVP required:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/
http://twitter.com/olpcnyc
*August July 1 - From Viet Cong to Venture Capital to Vietnam
Community*
Location/Parti-Pants to be announced.
How has OLPC's Vietnam Community progressed so far, so
fast, in just 1 year?
http://olpc.vn
http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam
http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/
http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam
/REMINDER: meetings are generally for OLPC volunteers/staff
only, and accompanying friends you personally introduce, who
are willing to help Make S---^h^h^hUPPORT Happen!!/
...
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