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Nepal: Wireless in the Mountains
- Rod 18y agoA truly inspiring story. While to us, blasé Westerners (tongue-in-cheek), it seems that the world is collapsing, it's heart-warming to know of a place where positive change is happening thanks to technology. It does put things in perspective, I'd say.
- kqr2 18y agoMore details, including some description of the equipment used: http://www.nepalwireless.net/index.php http://www.nepalwireless.net/index.php
- Rod 18y agoOn the same Nepalese village, here's a story from Oct. 2001 (before they had internet access): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1606580.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1606580.stm
- c00p3r 18y agoActially, there are EDGE from Nemapli private carrier Mero Mobile in almost all medium-sized cities. There are no problem with internet access because of expansion of mobile carriers. In some places, like in Darjeeling area you can use GPRS with Indian towers from Nepali hills =) And what is interesting, almost all GSM towers in rural areas of Nepal and India have a security guard with it, or it built on top of private house, usually owned by some bank.