Originally Posted By: Roger
Originally Posted By: JBjorgen
...they don't have POTS yet


Re: "yet"

A lot of developing nations aren't going to bother with POTS. They'll forgo the capital expenditure involved in laying a load of expensive copper and skip straight to wireless.


Correct. Hence my assertion that they'll never have DSL. Even the phone booths (all two of them) are a point to point wireless connection with a mast and directional antenna. There is the possibility of cable coming at some point, and with it cable internet, but I've learned that in a developing country, unless you have money to throw at the problem, the wheels of change move VERY slowly. So our only viable options are satellite, cellular, or both (which is where one of those fancy Draytec routers would come in handy, since it can do load balancing.

The equipment fee for the satellite is about $1100 USD. to get started. 3G wireless is less than $250 USD. Ongoing fees are also less (although we'll have a cap of 1gb per month).
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