On Monday, December 1, 2003, Robert Miller wrote:
> Simon Woodside wrote:
>
>> WorldSpace is a broadcast system. With a WorldSpace system you are
>> only capable of receiving data, not sending it.
>
> I wish to disagree in that we are currently using WorldSpace very
> effectively as a global mult
After lurking on the list for more than a week, allow me to introduce
myself. I am director for the Uconnect Schools Project. Our NGO is
providing computers to mostly rural primary and secondary schools in
Uganda. Schools pay something less than $200 for each computer, which is
enough for us to con
Simon Woodside wrote:
> WorldSpace is a broadcast system. With a WorldSpace system you are only
> capable of receiving data, not sending it.
I wish to disagree in that we are currently using WorldSpace very
effectively as a global multicast solution to refresh all of the Axxess
servers that Advan
My main concern about WorldSpace is that it is billed as a
"communication" system. Most electronic communication systems are
two-way, they allow conversations. But WorldSpace is one-way. It is, in
fact, a broadcasting system, not a communications system. Just as you
would call TV a broadcast system
Indeed, WorldSpace is not a total solution in itself, but only part of a
solution in an imperfect situation. I don't see that anybody has yet
promoted it as 'a substitute for the "real thing"'. Thus the risk of
that misperception should not cause us to ignore its existence and its
potential uses.
WorldSpace is a broadcast system. With a WorldSpace system you are only
capable of receiving data, not sending it. While I think WorldSpace is a
great and wonderful thing, it's very dangerous if people thinking it's a
substitute for the "real thing" which is an internet connection that
allows two-w
Aaron Sundsmo's call for low-cost, low-bandwidth email technology is
exactly what VITA pushed for many years through the low orbiting
satellite store-and-forward email system designed for remote areas. We
had wonderful demos using this technology, but, sadly, the technology
could not be commerciali
On November 14th, Thaths (Sudhakar Chandra) wrote:
> This brings to mind something that the satellite radio outfit WorldSpace
> is doing. The idea is brilliant, in my opinion. You basically buy this
> satellite radio (approx. $70-100 depending on model). You also buy a
> computer card to interface
Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> This brings to mind something that the satellite radio outfit WorldSpace
> is doing. The idea is brilliant, in my opinion. You basically buy this
> satellite radio (approx. $70-100 depending on model). You also buy a
> computer card to interface with the radio. For a fee
On 11/10/03 18:43, Guido Sohne wrote:
> This is very interesting to me but raises some questions related to
> practical use and implementation. It basically seems that 'offline'
> content is being maintained in a somewhat current state by periodically
> syncing with upstream information. You mentio
>> * Week 2: How much bandwidth is necessary to have a real impact on
>>development... and why?
First of all, I admit to having no first-hand, real-life, in the field
experience in non-US environments, but perhaps I can extrapolate from
experiences with our local school district. Originally w
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 17:14, Robert Miller wrote:
> And, what if all the content on this server were remotely refreshed
> nightly via satellite broadcast with any updates so that those content
> resources were always current as of 2:00 AM that day and were available
> to students, faculty, and adm
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:26, Ahmed Isah wrote:
> In my opinion, Cornelio Hopmann got it all wrong. The issue is not to do
> with selling a useless product that has no demand. Rather, it has to do
> with whether the target market is really aware of the benefits of the
> product to them. This then b
Hello Thaths and Others:
Thaths wrote regarding the issue of viruses becoming bandwidth consumers
and ultimately undermining the user experience for students, faculty,
and others. While I had discussed the technology behind the solution I
wrote about, it provides a remotely managed server that is
Hello Robert and others,
On 11/05/03 09:14, Robert Miller wrote:
> With regard to Ahmed's note and the great work he is doing by bringing
> Internet literacy to the students in his university in Nigeria, what if
> you could connect one Campus Content server to that Internet connection
> and locall
Sorry for the late post...hope it's not too late for this subject.
I'm Jim Forster, an engineer with cisco Systems. I thought I'd describe
a small effort in Nepal that I'm helping.
-- Jim
> 1. What activities are endeavoring to bring connectivity to under-served
> communities?
Dave Hughes, a
Hello All,
With regard to Ahmed's note and the great work he is doing by bringing
Internet literacy to the students in his university in Nigeria, what if
you could connect one Campus Content server to that Internet connection
and locally store many times the content in the US Library of Congress?
Hello all,
In my opinion, Cornelio Hopmann got it all wrong. The issue is not to do
with selling a useless product that has no demand. Rather, it has to do
with whether the target market is really aware of the benefits of the
product to them. This then boils down to illiteracy of the benefits o
Dear Gary,
I wonder if the Indian experience may help. The Telecom Mission that was set
up in the mid-80s set up Public Call Offices (PCOs), essentially manned
phone booths where revenues were split between the PCO operator and the
telco. The experiment was so successful that by 2000, 650,000 PCOs
Dear GKD Colleagues,
Jean-Marie Blanchard wrote:
> Main barriers to Internet penetration are identified as: lack of Telecom
> infrastructure, limitation of population income, not adequate enough
> content and applications, lack of local expertise and population
> awarenessAlcatel is participa
Dear GKD Members,
I got back from Kenya after serving there as a VSO [1] volunteer for a
year. I was teaching IT in a womens college in a rural place called
Tala. I also trained the staff on the more advanced subjects of the
curriculum.
First, let me talk about the state of connectivity in the co
Colleagues:
I have great hopes for this discussion as the topic is as relevant today
as ever and perhaps more so, given the recent backsliding in rural
infrastructure as a direct result of truncated privatization processes.
Here in Panama we have an interesting situation. I undertook a mission
on
Universal Access to Internet: Dream or Reality?
Connectivity is a key challenge for developing countries. Until
recently, the only question was how to provide quality phone services at
affordable costs throughout the entire country. In the coming years, we
will have to address in addition, the que
Dear GKD Members,
Pertinent to our current discussion is the following article, forwarded
from the Togo-L list, which delineates the problems as seen from an
African perspective.
Don Osborn
**
Africa Takes On the Digital Divide
Africa Recovery (New York)
ANALYSI
My name is Leo Waters, from Nigeria. I recently included myself in the
GKD subscription list. I would just like to say 'welcome' to all, and
that I am very humbled by the level of information I have just began to
read about your involvement in overall IT use-growth in under-served
communities of th
The E-Commerce for Non-Traditional Exports Project being implemented by
the Ministry of Food & Agriculture, Ghana, and supported by the
International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) seeks
to:
"provide efficient promotion and increased market transparency to
improve the negotiati
Dear GKD Colleagues:
I am following up on the series of emails that have gone back and forth
on this topic. I am a consultant who spent 19 years with HP prior to
taking early retirement last year. My last role was National Business
Development Manager for Education and Healthcare and I was engaged
Mauritania, West Africa has fairly good internet access in regional
capitals. It costs less than $1/hour in most cases. Smaller towns
often don't have electricity, so that's another battle.
Peace Corps volunteers such as myself are involved in helping
Mauritanians acquire computer skills.
It will
Peter Burgess wrote:
> There can be activities to bring connectivity to the underserved, but it
> will never be done with the organizational and funding framework that
> dominates development space today. The technology is available. The
> people are available. But the business model and value cha
The Moderator has asked:
> * Week 1: What activities are bringing connectivity to under-served
>communities? (10/27 - 10/31)
NetHope has a slightly different model. NetHope is a
consortium of non-profits who work with under-served communities around
the world. NetHope attempts to improve bas
A resource that describes briefly many such efforts can be found on line
at --our Clearinghouse, with over 900 ICT for
development projects. Quite a few are basic connectivity efforts--both
networks, like n-Logue, EID Parry's Corners, ITC echoupal, etc., as well
as access points like telecenters (w
Dear GKD Colleagues,
The first question is : * Week 1: What activities are bringing
connectivity to under-served communities? (10/27 - 10/31)
The bottom line . looking at the question from the point of view of
underserved communities is simply that essentially NO ACTIVITIES ARE
BRINGING CONNE
We have been asked to answer five questions, which are repeated below
with replies on behalf of OOCD 2000+
> 1. What activities are endeavoring to bring connectivity to
> under-served communities?
Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda 2000 Plus (OOCD 2000+) is
endeavouring to bring connectivity t
Dear GKD Members,
A wide range of activities is bringing connectivity to under-served
communities that lack infrastructure, electricity, and telephony. Many
of these activities are sponsored by donor agencies. Many more are
undertaken independently by communities, civil society organizations,
and
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