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Hi Janissa, <br>
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I am very excited to learn about your Lesotho project. Especially
regarding the challenges you experienced with network and internet
connections. I have a business that builds data routers for NGO's in
Africa and during my participation with one NGO in Uganda and
Mozambique I experienced some interesting challenges regarding data
infrastructure especially with GSM signal levels, reliability of
power, and availability of skilled maintenance staff. It seems that
due to the lack of commercial gain in rural areas, it might even
completely lack basic data transmission capabilities like GSM. My
goal is to determine whether the challenges I experienced were
single project related, or whether it was based on a real
shortcoming in data infrastructure. <br>
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Where are you based? In south Africa? If not could we maybe have a
skype chat to discuss challenges experienced? <br>
<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Henk Boshoff.<br>
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Henk Boshoff (Founder)
S-Curve Technologies cc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henk@s-Curve.co.za">henk@s-Curve.co.za</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.s-curve.co.za">http://www.s-curve.co.za</a>
Telephone number
South-Africa: +27823748161
Skype: henkbsct
Linkedin: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/henkboshoff">http://www.linkedin.com/in/henkboshoff</a></pre>
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On 2010/12/22 07:44 PM, Janissa wrote:
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<div><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Laptops to Lesotho
conducted its first deployment of XO laptops at Nohana Primary
School in Ketane, Lesotho, during November and December 2010.
The deployment and training went very well. There is still
more work to be done, but things went much better than we
could have ever hoped. You can read a detailed report about
what was accomplished at </font><font size="2" face="Comic
Sans MS"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://olpc2010-lesotho.blogspot.com/p/2010-trip-report.html">http://olpc2010-lesotho.blogspot.com/p/2010-trip-report.html</a>.
Note, this project is conducted independent of the official
OLPC organization.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Janissa Balcomb, </font><font
size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">President</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Laptops to Lesotho Inc.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jbalcomb@laptopstolesotho.org">jbalcomb@laptopstolesotho.org</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.laptopstolesotho.org">www.laptopstolesotho.org</a></font></div>
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