[IAEP] OT: Networking challenges in "developing countries"

[Walter Bender]

UUCP is what most of these systems all boil down to...

-walter

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Sascha Silbe
<sascha-ml-ui-sugar-iaep at silbe.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:22:14PM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
>
>> They are in Cambridge. Why don't you call them? I'll ping them on
>> behalf of Earth Treasury. Let me know if you find any more like them.
>
> Thanks for your answers, Walter and Edward!
> I've written an email to First Mile Solutions, waiting for their reply now.
> Their web page already contained some pointers and even some material
> (photos and descriptions of Sneakernet equipment) I can use.
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 04:18:16PM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
>
>>> The title of the original
>>> proposal (given to me) was "Disruptive Tolerant Networking for the
>>> Amazonas"
>>> (**).
>>
>> Sneakernet is the correct geek term. I see no point in creating yet
>> more euphemisms, especially bafflegab euphemisms.
>
> It's the original title, not mine. :)
>
>> I can't help you with the literature, but I can help imagine a
>> solution, and a social movement to get it working, with historical
>> examples.
>
> Would be interesting as well, though I also need a certain amount of
> "scientific" work (i.e. referencing and quoting other papers).
>
>>> Do you operate a proxy for intermittent internet access (like wwwoffle)?
>>
>> Resumable data transfers, such as wget? Torrenting? FidoNet? It's
>> still in everyday use.
>
> I couldn't help snickering at some part of the topic presentation, since it
> was all presented as brand-new. I've run a Fido node myself for several
> years some time ago. :)
> References to "old" solutions will be part of my talk as well, of course.
>
> CU Sascha
>
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