[Wireless-general] Fwd: [Wireless-training] Fwd: [LUG] Pedal Power, Linux Gets Ugandans Talking

[Anna Feldman]

Forwarded by one of the Ugandan participants from the Zanzibar training..


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>Subject: [LUG] Pedal Power, Linux Gets Ugandans Talking
>Date: Wednesday 22 June 2005 17:03
>From: Kiggundu Mukasa <kiggundu at kym.net>
>To: "Linux Users Group Ug." <lug at linux.or.ug>
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>http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=489
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>On June 8 residents of Nyamiryango in western Uganda made their first
>telephone call from their village. What made this particularly
>noteworthy is that the village has no electricity or phone lines.
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>"Nyamiryango is one of five telecommunications hubs that have been
>installed in the western half of Uganda by ActionAid and Inveneo.
>Using a combination of Linux and solar- and pedal-powered batteries,
>the two organisations have provided residents in the area with a
>voice over IP (VoIP) network.......
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