[FRIAM] How we can make the COUNTRY great again

[Gary Schiltz]

I have been working here in Ecuador to provide internet access to poorly
served areas, and it is a challenge, albiet not an insurmountable one.
Wireless technology from smallish companies like Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, and
Mimosa to name a few, is pretty inexpensive, even here where import duties
are high. The big challenge where I'm working is getting line-of-sight
between nodes, where there is a lot of dense forest cover over 20 meters
high.

One thing that I found interesting in the article that Jochen linked to is
that the US FCC defines broadband as 25mbps down / 3mbps up. Maybe I'm just
used to it, but I find about 2up/1down plenty even for video streaming.
More is always better, of course :-)

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> Santa Fe, and New Mexico in general, is interesting in that regard.
> [...]
>
But then there is a lot of the countryside that is left out of this. I
> really like the idea of making the Country(side) important. In NM there
> issues with the tribal lands which are poorly served, but it's getting
> better.
>
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