Kiggs The installation is still fine and running well. Its just the usual sustainability issues that keep arising once in a while but the concept is good. Infact some other organisation operating in the villages on the Congo border wants to take on the same solution, so you will be seeing more such stories online.
As for the hills, COLD is the word and that explains why many tourists are flocking the area. Wire > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey James > This must be from the story below about WiFi in a village in 2005 > I wondered what happened to that village? > How are those hills? > > http://www.inveneo.org/?q=uganda > > Uganda deployment goes live June 8th, 2005 > At 11:10am PST on June 8th, with a VoIP phone call from the Community > Knowledge Center to the village of Nyamiryango, Inveneo's first solar > and pedal powered communications system went live in the Bukuuku sub- > county, Kabarole district of Western Uganda. This successful > deployment was completed in partnership with ActionAid, and enables > villagers to use a phone, computer and the Internet for the first > time ever, empowering them to use communications and technology to > improve their lives dramatically. > > Inveneo has setup five systems. One in the Community Knowledge Center > acts as the hub station, connecting the stations in the villages to > the local phone network (since no landlines are available in this > part of Uganda, a interconnect to the GSM network was established > using GSM terminal units) and the Internet (utilizing the existing > Internet connection at the Community Knowledge Center). All the > remaining four communications stations are installed in villages with > no access to electricity or phone lines. All stations are connected > with 802.11 wireless network links ranging from 2 to 6 km. > distance.................... > > > > On Aug 14, 2006, at 3:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> We have an asterix deployment in a village called Bukuku in Fort >> Portal >> that enables villagers to make free VOIP calls to each other through a >> WiFi system and they are also able to surf the net from some >> designated >> huts that use solar powered PCs. >> >> Wire >> >>> Cool. I'm just wondering when Asterix and the whole VOIP buzz will >>> hit >>> Kampala. Though initial setup is abit taxing, on the whole Asterix >>> is a >>> brilliant entry point into the world of VOIP and IP Telephony. And >>> yes >>> "FREE" calls. There is a guy who allows you t call India and the >>> US at 300 >>> /=, in Wandegs. >>> >>> FRANCIS. >>> >>> ===================================================================== >>> == >>> Begumisa Gerald M writes: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Hope this is not too off topic! [Justification: Linux is the primary >>>> development platform for Asterisk :-)] >>>> >>>> Otherwise, I think this is quite interesting given Digium's >>>> [apparently] >>>> fast growth rate (judging purely from the rate of release of >>>> hardware / >>>> software products and increasingly widespread adoption of Asterisk). >>>> >>>> I think it would be really cool to see where these funds take >>>> them next! >>>> >>>> ---8<--- >>>> >>>> HUNTSVILLE, AL and BOSTON, MA . (August 9, 2006) . Digium Inc., the >>>> original creator of Asterisk and pioneer of open source >>>> telephony, today >>>> announced it has closed its first round of venture capital funding, >>>> receiving $13.8 million from Matrix Partners, a leading U.S.-based >>>> venture >>>> capital firm. The funding will help fuel the continued growth of >>>> Digium >>>> and Asterisk, especially in launching new offerings for the >>>> enterprise >>>> communications market, ranging from small to large businesses... >>>> >>>> http://www.digium.com/en/mediacenter/news/viewpress/matrix >>>> >>>> --->8--- >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Gerald. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>> (including >>>> attachments if any). 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