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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rapa" data-source="post: 92934" data-attributes="member: 212">Sri Lanka's first outdoor wireless computer network is now up andrunning.Surprisingly, it is not in Colombo. It is not even in any of theother key places. It was installed in Mahavilachchiya, a littleknown village, 40 km from the nearest town Anuradhapura, andsurrounded three sides by the Vilpattu jungle.Most of the villagers are either farmers or labourers with a monthlyincome of about Rs. 5,000 - 10,000 (US$ 50 - 100). Though there iselectricity, it is not yet covered by any of the terrestrial ormobile phone networks. This means there is not a single telephone inthis village.On the other hand, Mahavilachchiya has more than 50 PCs and asophisticated multimedia lab. Majority of the computers are at thehouses of the children, who in addition to use them for theirstudies, design web sites of some of the foreign companies. ThesePCs are now connected by using the "Mesh Wireless technology" whichgives them direct Internet and E-mail facilities.Wireless was the only approach that could be used, as there were notelephone lines the distribution of the houses makes a wired networkset up too expensive.The Mesh Network was inaugurated by Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, Secretaryto the President of Sri Lanka, in a function which was purposelykept low profile due to the security situation of the country.Please see the pics at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94974078@N00/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/94974078@N00/</a>and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/83699560@N00/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/83699560@N00/</a>This project was funded by PanAsia R&D Grants programme andimplemented with the assitance of the Information and CommunicationTechnology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka.</blockquote>

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