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Still More on Connecting Laos

Posted by michael on from the water-buffalo-barbeque dept.

Rackemup writes "A story on Wired has some updated information on the progess made by the Remote IT Village Project attempting to connect several isolated villages deep in the Laotian Jungle to the rest of the world using wireless networks, pedal-power and Laonux (customized Linux installs translated into the Laotian language). Power surges can be a hassle when the nearest computer store is hundreds of miles away, but they're shooting for a May 18th "go live" date."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YES I FINALLY DID IT

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