On Monday, December 1, 2003, Robert Miller wrote:
Simon Woodside wrote:
WorldSpace is a broadcast system. With a WorldSpace system you are
only capable of receiving data, not sending it.
I wish to disagree in that we are currently using WorldSpace very
effectively as a global multicast
My main concern about WorldSpace is that it is billed as a
communication system. Most electronic communication systems are
two-way, they allow conversations. But WorldSpace is one-way. It is, in
fact, a broadcasting system, not a communications system. Just as you
would call TV a broadcast system.
WorldSpace is a broadcast system. With a WorldSpace system you are only
capable of receiving data, not sending it. While I think WorldSpace is a
great and wonderful thing, it's very dangerous if people thinking it's a
substitute for the real thing which is an internet connection that
allows
The regulatory environment is very poor for Wi-Fi in developing
countries. Please refer to the growing list of countries and their
regulations here:
http://openict.net/projects/openspectrum/
(choose ByCountry)
The reality on the ground is that MOST developing countries do NOT
have the proper
Time for peering into the crystal ball, I guess. First, three years is
about the outer limit IMO for any kind of computer technology
predictions. I tend to look at trends that are coming in the next year
or two and that's quite challenging enough...
This week we ask GKD members to consider the
On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, Pam McLean wrote:
Ben Parker asked about experiences on solar powered VSAT
I don't have time to give details now but can't let the question go by
without brief reference to the Solo. It is designed for rural Africa. I
saw the second generation prototype
On Monday, November 10, 2003, Ben Parker wrote:
The other major challenge we face in two remote telecentres
UNICEF supports in southern Sudan (at least two days from the nearest
telephone) is the generators. These need lots of fuel and oil and are
prone to breakdown. Regular desktops are much
On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 08:26 AM, Cornelio Hopmann wrote:
Hence: if the alternative is to connect many (and through-out the
country) by low-bandwidth or a few with megabyte links, go for the
first. The latter will come -almost by itself- as technology costs fall
and demand increases.
Actually I think that Somalia's telecomm grew BECAUSE there is no
national operator. You also see this ironic situation in DRC, where
there are tremendous advances in telecomms despite a totally chaotic
situation. The truth is the telecomm in this era needs competition to
force down prices. I am
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Open Spectrum is the frequencies that supports the use of Wi-Fi/802.11b,
and other wireless internet access technology. Wi-Fi and other wireless
data systems make a very good urban/rural internet access solution, as
shown by
What about importing to small businesses instead? instead of donating
the computers, provide them at cost to small business owners who can
resell them and provide support services?
simon
On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 12:29 AM, Raju Dev Acharya wrote:
I totally agree with Guido Sohne. In Nepal I
Simon --
My WAP experience was about 2 years ago. At that time it was a dead end
technology because it just technically didn't work very well at all. The
markup language is horrible, and the protocol is also horrible.
XHTML: the idea was to have very small pages that wireless devices can
handle.
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