Alternate Technologies for Telecommunications and Internet Access in Remote Locations
Saifur Rahman, Manisa Pipattanasomporn · 2002
Information and Communication Technologies are emerging as the most effective means of communication. Endowed with information, knowledge, education and business opportunities, provision of telecommunications and Internet access to people in remote locations can dramatically contribute to changes in the community socio-economic development. This paper investigates four alternate telecommunications technologies that potentially provide ICT infrastructure, as well as enable telecom and Internet connectivity in remote locations. These technologies include the traditional wireline access technology, the wireless local loop based technology, the recently introduced non line-of-sight wireless broadband technology, as well as VSAT satellite-based technology, as ways to span the last-mile connectivity to the remote users from the Internet backbone. This paper presents an overview of each system and shows how each technology could be integrated and deployed in remote locations. Also discussed are the present roles several technologies could play in the provision of access to telecommunications and Internet in the remote environment.