[OLPC India] Rural Connectivity

[Ankur Verma]

The basic underlying concept of connectivity using modems on linux is
similar.  It may have some differences due to different hardware specs of
manufacturers. Though I have not tested the BSNL EVDO modem yet, but I am
pretty sure that it will work with XO.

I did a bit of googling and found this:
http://platonic.techfiz.info/2008/03/04/hacking-bsnl-evdo-on-linux/

Cheers
Ankur Verma

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin at pobox.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:10:35AM +0530, Muhammad Ismail .H wrote:
> >     I am using BSNL's EV-DO right now. This is a brand new service from
> BSNL
> > comes with flat rate INR 620/- per month with unlimited download at the
> > speed of > 256Kbps. This is 3G wireless network and most of towers in
> rural
> > areas. That means if don't have BSNL's dataone wire line broadband in
> your
> > area ask the area CO about status of EV-DO service. More info available
> on
> > www.bsnlevdoclub.com
>
> Unfortunately EV-DO is only available on Windows so you have to waste a
> computer to run windows.
>
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