Hi, A complete deployment inclusive of VSAT- bandwidth costs about shilling 1.2 million. I actually wrote an article on SolarNetOne on an article published by Kenya Institute of Management -Journal sometime back. Scott Johnson, the inventor is my friend. He wrote "The SolarNetOne Story" here http://solarnetone.org/blog/?p=11 See also http://linuxsolar.com/about.html .Can post his video link, if you want. regards, Alex On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Dennis Kioko<dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
any idea of approximate costs?
2009/7/16 Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com>
This is ridiculously cool. IBM came up with an off-the-grid internet hotspot. I have visions of this running cyber cafes in shags somewhere... :) http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-solarnetone/ Summary: In many parts of the world, the power grid is shoddy, computers are scarce, and connectivity is even rarer. Thus, as with many other modern practices and technologies, populations are increasingly bifurcated into the "computing haves" and the "computing have-nots." But many are addressing the divide. SolarNetOne is a turnkey Internet hotspot—power, computers, and satellite uplink—you can install virtually anywhere, for less than the cost of a subcompact car. Erik Hersman www.AfriGadget.com www.WhiteAfrican.com
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