[wsfii-discuss] fwdfyi: [bytesforall_readers] Wi-fi buses drive rural web use

Fri Mar 30 20:08:24 UTC 2007

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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:09:11 +0530
Subject: [bytesforall_readers] Wi-fi buses drive rural web use

Wi-fi buses drive rural web use
  By Jason Margolis
Technology correspondent, Boston

* Buses equipped with wi-fi are being used to deliver web content to remote
rural villages in the developing world. *

In rural India and parts of Rwanda, Cambodia and Paraguay, the vehicles
offer web content to computers with no internet connection.

The buses and a fleet of motorcycles update their pages in cities before
visiting the hard-to-reach communities. As well as offering popular pages,
the United Villages project also allows users to request specific
information.

A small box, with an antenna, onboard the buses and motorcycles communicates
with the rural computers.

(...)

Full story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/6506193.stm

Published: 2007/03/29 11:24:35 GMT

(c) BBC MMVII

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