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First what is the cost of VSAT per month?
4 laptops .. how much to charge per hour to be profitable?
What is VSAT speed of downloads? Dial up speed or broadband. These kind of setups normally needs expensive electricity generation equipments and...
I think the bicycle ladies of Bangladesh model would be best for starters and most viable.
If you are talking about serving people of abject poverty, I feel this model is the most suitable.
All you need is a netbook and a cheap solar power plus ...
Hi Sandra,
Thanks for your kind comments and posting on UgaBYTES.
The more people knowing about this the better. After all what is the use of software if it
just resides in my own computer? Let the world use it.
Regards
Alan
A good idea made possible by the advent of low cost netbooks and low cost Solar power to power the netbook.
Your idea is likened to a villager who use a micro credit, bought one handphone and charges the locals using that handphone with users' ow...
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- For many years I have been studying the impact of ICT in Mass Education on society and how to implement them effectively. I found that existing platforms for delivery of multimedia contents in mbytes are not suitable in the age of Internet. Even broadband is problematic if used nationwide all at once. So I with a partner researched to find a solution for this on how existing slow modems can still deliver multimedia animated contents to all parts of the country without which nationwide ICT in mass Education can never materialise as actually happened.
It was a pleasure that at last we have found the answer with the development of AGE.
We managed to finish the project through the grace of our Malaysian Government's two grants.
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- We are particularly intested in the area of closing the digital divides of developing nation's rural and urban schools.... without the need for expensive broadband. Uisng slow dial ups and yet able to obtain hours/days of animations within seconds of downloads! This is normally impossible.
So we essentially enable countries to achieve the following
1. Enables entire country (rural and urban) to access digital contents without expensive broadband
2. Empowers teachers from blackboard to digital enabled easily for entire country.
3. By going paperless homework/textbooks... a greener country.
4. Enable Ministry of Education to collate students' performance data for entire country anytime.
(You don't have to wait for year end examination results to know the progress of each student for the entire country. - Get it anytime)
We are currently offering our solutions globally to all developing countries and with this would solve the Education for All challenges faced by so many parties globally including UNESCO.
Even Telecenters would increase their reach at least 10 folds ...
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Can current telecenters reach out to more users by many folds and really close the digital divides?
Telecenters generally have been effective to bring about better connectivities and bringing ICT to many rural areas. These bring with them a lot of facilities otherwise impossible to many rural poor. One of the most important of these is ICT for education.
It is accepted that millions have benefited tremendously from telecenters around the world.
However, if we are to look very closely into the effectiveness in actually reaching out to the rural areas, one wonders if the numbers reached can be… Continue
It is accepted that millions have benefited tremendously from telecenters around the world.
However, if we are to look very closely into the effectiveness in actually reaching out to the rural areas, one wonders if the numbers reached can be… Continue
Posted on May 27, 2009 at 7:03am — 2 Comments
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- At 7:21am on January 23, 2009,
Vignesh Sornamohan said… - Dear Alan Foo,
Welcome to telecentre.org!
Please take a few moments to read through our Getting Started guide for some important information. You can find the community guide here: http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/notes/Getting_started
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