[Chapter-delegates] When Past Becomes Future, Or At Least Helps It.... How to Give Rural (Areas) Broadband? Look to Early 1900s

[Joly MacFie]

​By coincidence, last Thursday here in NYC, I found myself videoing the
honouring of a singular achiever in this field:

https://www.facebook.com/siliconharlem/videos/1216148905095983/




On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you. While we see the news from our offices on the most confortable
> environment, others have no light‎..
>
> Carlos Vera
> Isoc Ecuador
>
> Enviado desde mi smartphone BlackBerry 10.
> *De: *Joly MacFie
> *Enviado: *martes, 9 de agosto de 2016 23:32
> *Para: *Carlos Vera
> *Responder a: *joly at punkcast.com
> *CC: *Imran Anwar; isoc-ny board of directors; ISOC Chapter Delegates
> *Asunto: *Re: [Chapter-delegates] When Past Becomes Future, Or At Least
> Helps It.... How to Give Rural (Areas) Broadband? Look to Early 1900s
>
> Carlos, thanks for the thoughtful response, however Imran asks quite the
> contrary question.
>
> Noting the lack of a steady electricity supply in some places, he says:
>
>
> *While spreading Broadband to the masses (discussed in the NY Times
> articles) shows lessons to be learned from how Electricity was spread over
> countries, I wonder the opposite. What lessons can be learned from the
> growth of Internet Services globally that can be leveraged to help make
> Electricity availability as 'universal' and affordable?*
>
> *j*
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are several solutions over electrical  networks. ‎Not always good
>> enough to be deployed.
>>
>> It seems like there is a need for more strong technology for data
>> transmission over very old cables, accesories and devices like the ones in
>> electrical networks
>>
>> Carlos Vera
>> Isoc Ecuador
>>
>> Enviado desde mi smartphone BlackBerry 10.
>> *De: *Imran Anwar
>> *Enviado: *martes, 9 de agosto de 2016 18:57
>> *Para: *isoc-ny board of directors; ISOC Chapter Delegates
>> *Asunto: *[Chapter-delegates] When Past Becomes Future, Or At Least
>> Helps It.... How to Give Rural (Areas) Broadband? Look to Early 1900s
>>
>> When Past Becomes The Future Or At Least Helps It.....
>>
>> "To provide high-speed internet to remote areas, local power companies
>> are borrowing techniques that were used to electrify towns in the United
>> States nearly a century ago."
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/MyIMRAN/posts/1422616514422002
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>> *IMRAN*
>> http://imran.TV <http://imran.tv>
>> http://facebook.com/IMRAN.TV
>> http://twitter.com/imrananwar
>>
>>
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