Wow, we really are living in a William Gibson novel.<br><br>-- CHS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM, George L. Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glallen01@gmail.com">glallen01@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I saw an article somewhere about something akin to ressurecting UUCP,<br>
except with a USB-drive based 'sneakernet' based on people making regular<br>
visits to different towns in Africa. They already had someone that made a<br>
loop of all the villages in a certain region by motorcycle to deliver<br>
medicines, so they gave him a thumb drive also so the schools and hospitals<br>
get their bi-weekly stick drop from the rest of the world.<br>
<br>
I know there are different store-forward based systems for HF radio, but<br>
not sure what the rules for HF are for commercial use.<br>
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-G<br>
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:13:25AM -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Mike Harrison <<a href="mailto:meuon@geeklabs.com">meuon@geeklabs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > This is going to a place aspiring to<br>
> > be part of the 3rd world.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Yowch! _Rising_ to 3rd world status is a scary situation.<br>
><br>
> May want to include cell phone connection. Many 3rd world places have better<br>
> cell than POTS connectivity.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
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