DakNet: Testing WiFi with Data Store-and-Forward Solutions in Rural India

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

[from http://www.developmentgateway.org/ ]


DakNet: Testing WiFi with Data Store-and-Forward Solutions in Rural 
India 

URL: http://www.daknet.net/ 

Description: Initiative led by First Mile Solutions (FMS), a venture 
managed by a team of MIT graduates, developing and testing innovative 
connectivity approaches aiming at rural needs in developing 
countries. A pilot demonstration took place in Tikawali, a village 
near Faridabad (State of Haryana, India) in March 2002. The pilot 
solution enabled villagers to file complaints via email and send 
video messages from one village to another. The solution combines 
WiFi (IEEE 802.11b) equipment at 2.4Ghz with Mobile Access Points 
(MAPs) mounted on and powered by a public bus. The pilot proved able 
to wirelessly and automatically collect, transport and deliver data 
at high speeds to and from kiosk-based computers enabled with WiFi 
cards.