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Motoman<ref name="motoman">[http://www.cambodia.net/kiri/projects/motoman.html Motoman project page]</ref> is a [[Sneakernet]] deployment in Cambodia, operated by First Mile Solutions<ref name="fms">[http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/ First Mile Solutions]</ref>.
This is an email mesh network with motorcycle mounted computers that collect and transport the messages from village to town and back again.


Once a day a motorcycle with a WiFi access point visits each of the 15 villages, exchanging email messages and web pages with solar powered village computers. The internet uplink is a 256kbps [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSAT VSAT]. <ref name="motoman" />
There are already people using motorcycle delivery services to carry email from village to village in Cambodia's [[Motoman]] project. This type of networking is likely to grow once there are large numbers of wireless capable laptops in place. They either exchange info wirelessly with the motorcycle, or, more likely, a teacher runs a village base station that can collect messages all week, then do a quick upload and download while the motorcycle driver is dealing with the paper mail. Bulk data transfers would be on CD or DVD since [[USB peripherals|USB drives]] are readily available. The villagers will quickly learn how a single [[USB peripherals|USB-CD drive]] can multiply the usefulness of those laptops 100-fold.


====Some Articles====
== References ==
*http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/dailylife/2004/rural-internet.htm


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*http://www.islam-online.net/English/Science/2003/12/article06.shtml


* [http://www.parish-without-borders.net/cditt/cambodia/dailylife/2004/rural-internet.htm Parish without borders: "Rural Cambodia, Though Far Off the Grid, Is Finding Its Way Online"]
*http://www.cambodia.net/kiri/projects/motoman.html
* [http://www.islam-online.net/English/Science/2003/12/article06.shtml Islam online: E-mails on Wheels at Info Society Summit]

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/sci/tech/newsid_3504000/3504516.stm
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/sci/tech/newsid_3504000/3504516.stm BBC News report (russian)]
If you can't read the last one (in Russian) you can still look at the several photos.

It basically works like the bus in this picture.
[[Image:Databus.gif]]


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This is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_world_network small world network].


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[[Category:Messaging ideas]]
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Latest revision as of 17:29, 13 June 2009

Motoman<ref name="motoman">Motoman project page</ref> is a Sneakernet deployment in Cambodia, operated by First Mile Solutions<ref name="fms">First Mile Solutions</ref>.

Once a day a motorcycle with a WiFi access point visits each of the 15 villages, exchanging email messages and web pages with solar powered village computers. The internet uplink is a 256kbps VSAT. <ref name="motoman" />

References

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