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Mesh Networking at WWRF

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on November 7, 2007 — 1 Comment

At Wireless World Research Forum meeting currently held in Chennai, there were two presentations on Mesh Networking. While Chanuka Wattegama of LIRNEasia spoke about the Sri Lankan experience, Sharad Jaiswal of Bell Labs, India presented a similar initiative in Bangalore. There were many similarities between the two on the approach.
VillageNet, the Bangalore initiative, is a [...]

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Village with a mesh network, but not a single telephone Part 2

Written by Indi Samarajiva on October 9, 2007 — 9 Comments

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UK city gets into free wi-fi game

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on September 2, 2006 — 3 Comments

“Norwich is pioneering a free wi-fi project which covers three sectors of the UK city and its centre.
The £1.1m, 18-month pilot has been live for three weeks and is backed by the East of England Development Agency.
Paul Adams, from Norfolk county council said: “It allows people to see the benefit of wireless technology.”
The city centre, [...]

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Google mesh network is running in California

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on August 7, 2006 — Leave a Comment

A journalist report on Google\’s mesh network that is now operational in Mountain View, CA:
\”In the first week in August I drove down to Mountain View on a sweltering afternoon looking to test out the promise of free or cheap phone calls and ubiquitous internet access over a city-wide wi-fi network.
Thanks to Google, the city [...]

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