[46896] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Rural Wireless ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (paul)
Tue Apr 16 15:40:53 2002
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:40:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: paul <paul@hessels.ca>
To: <Guy.Ram@usa.telekom.de>
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Possibly not what you are looking for, might be more than you are looking
for, but SOMA Networks has a 3G'ish wireless platform which does land-line
quality voice and very respectable data rates. You need a chunk of
spectrum though.
http://www.somanetworks.com
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 Guy.Ram@usa.telekom.de wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm hoping to learn some pointers and get advice for a colleague hoping to
> > establishing a rural wireless-ISP in South America. It's the typical story
> > as in most other South American countries the capital city is served to
> > some extent by the monopoly provider and the rural towns and villages are
> > very poorly served. The intention is to establish Internet Kiosks where
> > the locals can access the internet and make VOIP calls even transact some
> > ecommerce.
> >
> > In my limited search I did come across a wireless system by Analog Devices
> > know as "corDECT", that is doing a good job over in India. But not to
> > constrain the options, we're hoping to learn about any solution that is
> > suitable for this situation.
> >
> Any suggestions on:
> > b) Necessary hardware & software components
> > c) Installation (the easier the better) & maintenance requirements
> > (lower is better)
> > d) how to get the traffic generated out at lowest cost
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -guy ram
> >
> > Email: guy.ram@usa.telekom.de
> >
>
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yow
