Rural Wireless ISP

Tue Apr 16 19:40:10 UTC 2002

Possibly not what you are looking for, might be more than you are looking 
for, but SOMA Networks has a 3G'ish wireless platform which does land-line 
quality voice and very respectable data rates.  You need a chunk of 
spectrum though.

http://www.somanetworks.com

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 Guy.Ram at usa.telekom.de wrote:

> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm hoping to learn some pointers and get advice for a colleague hoping to
> > establishing a rural wireless-ISP in South America. It's the typical story
> > as in most other South American countries the capital city is served to
> > some extent by the monopoly provider and the rural towns and villages are
> > very poorly served.  The intention is to establish Internet Kiosks where
> > the locals can access the internet and make VOIP calls even transact some
> > ecommerce. 
> > 
> > In my limited search I did come across a wireless system by Analog Devices
> > know as "corDECT", that is doing a good job over in India.  But not to
> > constrain the options, we're hoping to learn about any solution that is
> > suitable for this situation.
> > 
> Any suggestions on:
> > 	b) Necessary hardware & software components 
> > 	c) Installation (the easier the better) & maintenance requirements
> > (lower is better)  
> > 	d) how to get the traffic generated out at lowest cost  
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > -guy ram
> > 
> > Email: guy.ram at usa.telekom.de
> > 
> 

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