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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (4744)6/8/2002 8:45:28 AM
From: waitwatchwander   of 12247
 
Indians hitch bus ride to the Net

Thursday, June 06, 2002

PARIS (AFP) -- People in rural India will soon be able to access the Internet when a bus passes near their home, New Scientist reported in its latest issue.
Buses are being fitted out with a 100-dollar wireless transceiver -- based on the "wi-fi" broadband networks used by laptops -- which is hooked up to an Internet Service Provider by radio.
The next step is to modify software on village computers so that they automatically switch to "connected" mode whenever a passing bus is within range.
The PostNet project, a joint venture between the Indian government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), initially aims to give farmers access to agricultural news and weather forecasts at least twice a day, the British weekly says

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