Comments on: WiFi in Nepal

WiFi in Nepal

homunculus — Thu, 27 May 2004 17:39:08 -0800

Yak farmers in the mountains of Nepal are using WiFi to keep in touch with their families thanks to the Nepal Wireless Networking project. [Via /.]

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Thu, 27 May 2004 17:49:21 -0800

That's really neat. And I know this is immature, but I like the fact that the word "yak" gets used frequently.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 27 May 2004 18:21:47 -0800

I love stories like this. Another project in the same spirit is the Sámi Network Connectivity Project.

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Thu, 27 May 2004 21:10:50 -0800

I love the dish-on-a-stick/dish-on-a-tree pictures. They also seem to be using primarily renewable, free energy sources (solar and wind). I can see WiFi VoIP handsets (when they become available) being a big hit in this community.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 27 May 2004 23:59:47 -0800

"Are you ready?"

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 28 May 2004 00:17:35 -0800

In other yak news: US Ranchers Look to Shake Up Cattle Industry with Yak Meat.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 28 May 2004 04:16:34 -0800

I like yaks. I bet that they are tasty too.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 28 May 2004 04:24:35 -0800

Also - with laptops, WiFi networks, and solar panels = one can create a low density-high culture rural civilization unlike any likely ever seen before on Earth. High level, collaborative cultural projects are possible - yet without the anomie typically associated with urban, high population densities.

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Fri, 28 May 2004 06:43:11 -0800

Sounds like the beginning of a Monthy Python routine.

By: carter

carter — Fri, 28 May 2004 07:27:58 -0800

Nice links, thanks homunculus.

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Fri, 28 May 2004 07:29:19 -0800

So they can now yak about yaks?

By: signal

signal — Fri, 28 May 2004 07:32:15 -0800

Troutfishing, your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 28 May 2004 10:56:28 -0800

signal - OK. I'll be moving to a subscription model soon, but it will be worth it, at least, for the delicious recipes - like my legendary curried yak with cilantro.

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Fri, 28 May 2004 12:51:41 -0800

Excellent article (and the project site was interesting.) I have to admire the irony, though - I can't get DSL in my neighborhood, but a friggin' yak farmer in Nepal can get hooked up on WiFi. *grin*

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Sat, 29 May 2004 07:32:41 -0800

FormlessOne - so, set up your own WiFi ! High speed WiFi networks are the way to go : Bounce signal from one WiFi station to the next until you can reach a fat data pipe - cut out the middlemen. With enough WiFi transmitters running the same sort of switching protocols as the wire-net, eventually even those fat data pipes would be mostly unecessary. Then, there's the nonprofit ISP service - in the middle somewhere - which sells it's service, at cost, fo' the public good. The only downside of this I can see would be a tremendous increase in the level of electronic haze.