Re: [GKD] Non-profit Local Wireless Networks

2002-05-21 Thread Imran Rasheed
Dear GKD Members, LEARN Foundation is implementing a Wireless Broadband project connecting 7 rural ecosystems in the north eastern part of Bangladesh in the districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj. The technology uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) between the Base Unit (BU) -in Sylhet town-

Re: [GKD] Non-profit Local Wireless Networks

2002-05-20 Thread Fantsuam
Fantsuam Foundation www.fantsuam.com is collaborating with Kabissa www.kabissa.org to provide email and internet services for Not-for-Profit organizations (including tertiary educational and health institutions) in Nigeria with particular interest in those operating in rural communities where

Re: [GKD] Non-profit Local Wireless Networks

2002-05-15 Thread Venkatesh \(Venky\) Hariharan
I am with Media Lab Asia (www.medialabasia.org) and we are exploring the use of 802.11 technology for rural networks. However, we envisage these as small village telcos that will be set up by rural entrepreneurs. Decades of experience with Universal Service Obligation etc makes it clear that the