On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > History Lesson: > The Mission 2007 initiative was floated in 2005, and quickly found support > from 'Green Revolution' MS Swaminathan, who is concerned about the lack of > 'connection' between the farming sector and urban India. MSSRF supported > meetings of potential stakeholders and enthusiasts, held in different parts > of India, leading up to a formulation of a broad plan for driving > connectivity within rural India by Independence Day 2007*. > Back-of-the-envelope calculations put the cost at around Rs 6,300 cr, that > would deliver connectivity to at least one node within each of India's > 640,000 revenue villages. It was a totally FOSS-based plan. > *60 years after Independence was declared, a date that had meaning for some > of us
Ok this was the wireless mesh project, a pilot of which was tested in HBCSE. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
