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Drive-By Internet In Hard-To-Reach Places
oldwindways writes "The BBC reports that in developing nations where it is prohibitively expensive to install the infrastructure for wired internet connections, drive by wireless updates are becoming a popular solution to the demand for internet access. This sounds great for checking news updates, sports scores, and visiting your regular websites, but somewhat limited if you are trying to do basic research and don't know exactly where your search will take you. It is certainly an innovative solution to some of the problems encountered in tackling the digital divide, but what longterm effects might this model have on the development of a communications infrastructure?"
Yes you can steal ether.
Ever heard about pirate radio stations?
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They got a bus called "Netti Nysse" at Tampere region Finland. The bus drives in two shifts during a day and is equipped with a bunch of computers, data projector (+other AV equipment) and 5 person willing to teach/help you for free, if you live at Tampere region. I think it has 8 stops where it connects to internet through wlan. Probably useful for kids and old folks.
that all vehicals should have a router and used in a flowing mesh type of network.
Use it as an addition to current infrastructure you could have a signal along any busy road in the world.
Mesh the world, if you put a sign up, put a solar power repeater there.
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Doesn't this remind you about the early networks ? Think about the protocols that were designed for this sort of asynchronous all-terrain exchanges. This bus could be :
- Fidonet node
- NNTP server
- SMTP server
- POP server
- Mirror of many things
Protocols such as Fido and NNTP have been in use in an age of 300 to 9600 bps connexions and tape spool exchanged between sites. They would be right at home in this sort of bus !
This is a similar initiative in Sri Lanka but uses a three-wheeled motorbike, or 'tuktuk', one of the favoured forms of transport in that part of the world. A mobile phone is used for on-demand internet connectivity. Loudspeakers and a projector allow for a whole village to access the one computer and it also features an FM transmitter and radio 'studio' for mobile production and broadcasting of community radio. www.etuktuk.org
Anybody else miss the days before Cantor and Siegel?