INNOVATIVE WAYS TO DELIVER INTERNET IN LEAST DEVELOPED NATIONS.
Gideon Hayford Chonia · 2002
This paper describes the experiences accumulated by the Chonia Informatica in Ghana where wireless solutions for connecting to the Internet, is been used routinely since September 1997. The transmission technology used in Ghana by Chonia Informatica is based on spread spectrum wireless LAN adapters adjusted for Internet interconnection the original antennas are replaced with high gain antennas installed on tall buildings around the city and PC based IP routing software is used to provide efficient point-to-multipoint connections and error correction. Besides describing Chonia Informatica's experiences, this paper also contains a brief introduction to the underlying wireless technology project report used in the project Ghana SchoolNET for providing a direct Internet access to various Universities, Schools, NGO's, departments and other establishments scattered around the city of Accra with a diameter of approximately 25km. A packet-based 2Mb/s Wireless Metropolitan Area Network solutions for Internet Access to link point-to-multipoint access servers. The paper should be of interest to networkers of developing countries where communications infrastructure is weak and wireless communications are not over-regulated. Wireless IP networking might be a cost effective solution also in industrial areas of the world.