[governance] A 50-Watt Cellular Network

[McTim]

Here are some links Milton;

http://www.ictworks.org/news/2009/10/14/village-telco-business-model

http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/our-work/telecommunications/projects/village-telco

http://www.dabba.co.za/ is doing something similar in SA right now,
and will roll out the Mesh Potato as a true Village Telco once past
beta.  David Rowe just informed us he is doing a 500 node mesh in
Dili, East Timor.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> It's intriguing to see these small-scale technology initiatives and village phone looks great. However, I see references in both of your messages to decentralized business models, etc. I've searched the site and some of the blog posts quickly and see a lot of technical stuff but nothing about business or policy. Am I missing something, if so can you direct me to it?
> --MM
>
> ________________________________________
> From: McTim [dogwallah at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:49 PM
> To: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> Cc: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Yehuda Katz
> Subject: Re: [governance] A 50-Watt Cellular Network
>
> Hi Siva.
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> VNL's present focus appears to be cellular telephone services while Village
>> Telco's interests lie in Wifi / mesh networking.
>
> The mesh potato is designed to do telephony, can do data, but not
> optimised for it.
>
>
>
>>
>> If these disruptive technologies are used to provide Internet Access
>> solutions, there is a possibility of solutions beyond telecom dependent
>> networking.
>>
>
> indeed.
>
>> Village Telco's business model (of retaining profits for rural and informal
>> settlements rather than feeding a telco) is an indication that
>> telco-independent infrastructure and business models are feasible.
>>
>
> That's the plan.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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