[ale] Needed, will pay cash for: Portmaster 2E and Modem Rack full of Modems.

[Charles Shapiro]

Wow, we really are living in a William Gibson novel.

-- CHS

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM, George L. Allen <glallen01 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I saw an article somewhere about something akin to ressurecting UUCP,
> except with a USB-drive based 'sneakernet' based on people making regular
> visits to different towns in Africa. They already had someone that made a
> loop of all the villages in a certain region by motorcycle to deliver
> medicines, so they gave him a thumb drive also so the schools and hospitals
> get their bi-weekly stick drop from the rest of the world.
>
> I know there are different store-forward based systems for HF radio, but
> not sure what the rules for HF are for commercial use.
>
> -G
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:13:25AM -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >  This is going to a place aspiring to
> > > be part of the 3rd world.
> > >
> >
> > Yowch! _Rising_ to 3rd world status is a scary situation.
> >
> > May want to include cell phone connection. Many 3rd world places have
> better
> > cell than POTS connectivity.
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
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