It is good to see WISPA doing things to make a difference. This is one project I did not even know we had been part of as an industry association. I am elated to hear that our group helped out in this. I had no role in this myself at all but I feel very much tied to WISPA and our collective efforts so thanks to all of you involved on doing something positive to make this a better world for us all. Warmest regards, John Scrivner
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Israel Lopez-LISTS < ilopezli...@sandboxitsolutions.com> wrote: > Hey All, > > I wanted to thank the WISPA community for being quite helpful and > generous. I have been leading a team to implement/replace an aging > wireless network in Honduras for three schools and their volunteer > homes. It has been a long year and a half, but it has paid off. > > They had 9 locations, 800kbps-3mbps throughput, 100-400ms latency, and > +20% loss. > Now they have: 9 Locations, 12mbps throughput, 1-4ms latency, between > 0-2% packet loss at the schools, and 1-10% packet loss at the volunteer > homes. > > In the year after our April 2009 assessment trip we spent time planning, > designing, and running dry runs, we still had to adapt to what was 'on > the ground.' It was a challenge properly grounding our 40meter tower, > installing the equipment at the various locations, battling contractor > costs, freak lightning storms, and a last minute show stopper with > routing loops. > > In the end the schools have a better platform for education & > technology, and we hope to support them through the entire process of > technology in the hands of the kids. > > I will be presenting the implementation story to a local user group here > in Southern California, I will have the presentation recorded if you all > are interested I will make the link available. > > As promised I have some implementation pictures to share. > http://picasaweb.google.com/israel.lopez/HondurasAllPics# > > This was one of the first Wireless projects with Engineers Without > Borders, we are quite proud of the people that have volunteered to help > remotely, and in country. I personally would like to see more > Technology Engineering projects in developing countries, so if you think > you can help, visit one of your local EWB Professional chapters, talk to > them, see if technology may be something their communities may need. > http://ewb-usa.org/chapters.php. > > In support of technology projects/professionals in EWB I have created > http://EWBTechies.org if you become a member, please join and let us > know how you want to help! > > Special Thanks goes to: > Ubiquiti Networks - Donated some radios & helped us RMA a unit right > before we left LAX > WLANMall.com - For the WiSPY 2.4x that we won for our school > Western Digital - Donation of USB Hard Drives for Backup of our Servers > & Critical Data > > Thank You, > > Israel Lopez > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
