On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > Not really. In fact, I don't really recall there being any connection, > other than my being at both sets of meetings.
Ok. > > fyi, wireless mesh is more than 'pilots', in fact, at the time we (India) > had already got several mesh networks running in different parts of the > country. Mesh networking has since then become much more reliable and > industrial strength. It is also much wider in scope, with new devices under > development (and being tested in India) that bring an entirely new model of > smart telephony to the table. Yes. I am aware of that. The latest is a mote chip (from Atmel or Marvel) which gives one the ability to build a wifi cellphone coupled with asterisk one can build a wifi voip local cell. Ofcourse you will get screwed by he DOT running a commercial service without paying the tithe. > > Incidentally, something to chew over (if you like chewing over such > things). While we are all familiar with Ubuntu, it is distinctly odd (not a > 'bad' odd, merely different) that more such open initiatives are emerging > from South Africa, of all places, no fount of liberty. Ubuntu is of course > due to the philanthropic support of millionaire Shuttleworth, but others > are not. What restrains Indian millionaires from supporting game-changing > open initiatives in India? Easy money without risk, building metro rails / malls / bodyshops and ofcourse SEZs on other people's land. The banks bend over backwards to lend you money for a good scam. But then thats just my cockeyed view. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
