Adressing the Digital Divide in Philippine Education
Manuel C. Ramos · Diva portal (Dalarna University Library) · 2008
Education is a powerful instrument in poverty alleviation and economic growth. Improving information access is critical in supplementing standard education techniques and improving the state of eduction in the country. In remote parts of the country, information access is very limited, with access to the digital information in Internet even more limited. To bridge the information access problem, we propose using 802.11b wireless links to link remote underserved areas. In particular, we study the issues in deploying the wireless network in the Batanes islands. We look at the technical viability of deploying wireless routers in the challenging Batanes environment, using solar to power our equipment and the resulting network usage by the schools.