[OLPC India] link to khairat visit blog

[Marc Valentin]

Hi Donna,
Internet connections in the remote areas are difficult.
The phone line is often too bad for dialup, so the only possibility is
through mobile phone. With mobile system, the quality of the
connection depends on how far you are from an antenna. So far, the
antenna of Reliance was very far so we had a bad connection. Now there
is an antenna in the village nearby so the connection is stable. (But
electricity is still a big problem !).
However, I would say it is not important for XO because internet
connection brings more problems than solutions. Children don't need
internet access. If the teacher has internet access, he can add
activities and updates using a USB key, that is enough. If a village
has no access to internet, they can go to the nearest town to download
or communicate, there are places for that.
-marc valentin-


On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM, harleyblue <harleyblue at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am encouraged to read this and see the pictures. I live in the US and am
> donating more laptops.
>
> I am however, concerned about the internet not working. I read the same
> thing in posts several months ago. What can be done to try and work this
> out?
> thanks
> Donna
>
>
>
> Pari <parimalai at niit.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi
> A blog on Khairat visit, fyi
> http://niit-crcs.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-had-informational-visit-with-assorted.html
>
> regards,
> Parimala
>
> Parimala Inamdar
> cell: 91 98 203 14308
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