[Chapter-delegates] Internet Pioneer urges Pacific Islanders to face Internet Challenges at PacINET 2008

[Franck Martin]

PeopleFirstNetwork in Solomon Islands use UHF to exchange e-mails but
speed is at best 9.6kb/s

WWWhatsup wrote:
> One would think this would be the kind of thing the World Bank should fund.
>
> The Pacific is unique in terms of land mass to area - it's just not
> feasible for them to finance their own satellite. 
>
> Question: Does wireless always have to be line-of-sight? Can you not bounce
> it off the ionosphere or whatever?
>
>
> joly 
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>
> Franck wrote:
>   
>> Unfortunately, most islands are not in line of sight, and even less
>> countries.
>>
>> What Vint suggests is bulk purchase of satellite bandwidth, and avoid
>> double hops when connecting amongst islands.
>>     
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Franck Martin
ICT Specialist
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SOPAC, Fiji
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