Deployment Guide/Connectivity

4. Connectivity

While the OLPC ecosystem provided an autoconfiguring local-area wireless network, connectivity to the Internet is something that needs to be worked out in detail in country. OLPC will assist in the planning and integration of the laptop network to a national infrastructure. We have experience with V-Sat, DSL, etc. that we are happy to share. Many of the in-country teams have even more experience than we do, especially in regard to rural deployments. Sharing best practices is in all of our interests. As with the laptop deployment, connectivity will not happen everywhere at once. A phased deployment that runs ahead of the laptop deployment is ideal. (Note that the wireless mesh network provides local “Ethernet” connectivity without any additional infrastructure.)