Rural Wireless Broadband In India

Just as yet another super cheap wireless computer is set to hit India, comes this story of an attempt to bring wireless broadband to rural India, where bringing in a traditional wired connection would be quite difficult. So, they’re using equipment from Wi-Lan to bring wireless broadband to the area, where they’ve set up some local WiFi hotspots. They plan to add kiosks where local users can surf the internet or make VoIP phone calls.


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