Re: Rural Wireless ISP

[Mathew Lodge <mathew () cplane com>]

Agile communications did a rural Australian VoIP and data service. Details 
are at:

http://www.agile.com.au/cnAbout.shtml

Cheers,

Mathew



At 03:24 PM 4/16/2002 -0400, 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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