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Wireless Internet rolled out in Manguzi, Kwa-Zulu Natal |
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| The initial part of the project consisted
of the establishment of a Telecentre in the centre of town. The Telecentre
offers various services, amongst which is Internet access (web browsing
and e-mail) using a dial-up link. The community's desire was that
the facilities offered at the Telecentre should be available to the
largest possible audience, including the students. At a community workshop we were approached by one of the headmasters with a request to connect his school to the Telecentre, in order for his students to have access to the facilities from his school. The solution implemented consisted of a combination of radio communication and satellite broadcast technology. |
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Two schools were identified by the community to participate in this project. Each school was provided with a computer with a radio and antenna attached, as well as a satellite receiver card and DSB dish. The Telecentre has a small local area network and serves as the hub of the network because it already has Internet access. A computer with an Ethernet card and radio was connected to the Telecentre network to act as router. |
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| Radio modem with antenna | |
