[MLB-WIRELESS] Three community nets linked up in Spain; wireless healthcare in Uganda

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>>  From: Andres Seco Hernandez <AndresSH at alamin.org>
>>  Date: Monday, September 22, 2003, 4:15:47 PM
>>  Subject: [meta] "Backbone del Henares" free networks groups linked in
>>  Spain
>>
>>  ===8<==============Original message text===============
>>
>>  On the first fortnight of September 2003, the links between the
>>  wireless networks of Guadalajara, Azuqueca de Henares and Alcal· de
>>  Henares communities had been completed; also, initial tests on linking
>>  with TorrejÛn and planning for a link with Humanes in Guadalajara had
>>  taken place.
>>
>>  The newborn "Backbone del Henares" (Henares' Backbone) is an attempt
>>  to join the networks of the different free access wireless networks
>>  users'
>
>>  communities involved in it, it is:
>>
>>  GuadaWireless           http://guadawireless.net
>>  AzuquecaWireless        http://www.azuquecawireless.net
>>  AlcalaWireless          http://www.alcalawireless.com
>>  TorrejonWireless        http://www.torrejonwireless.com
>>
>>  No official help involved. The link between TorrejÛn, Alcala de
>>  Henares, Los Santos de la Humosa, Villanueva de la Torre, Azuqueca de
>>  Henares, Alovera, Guadalajara and Cabanillas del Campo has been
>>  achieved thanks to resources coming from members who belong to those
>>  groups in the "corredor del Henares"
>>  ....
>>  Participation in the project of comercial companies, as Microalcarria
>>  in Azuqueca de Henares, shows that cooperation between enterprises and
>>  free wireless network groups in the search of a common goal is
>>  possible.
>>  ....
>>  It is, probably, the biggest cluster of permanent wifi links in Spain,
>>  maybe in Europe. The farthest link between nodes in this cluster makes
>>  a distance of 50 km, with more than 50 subnetworks running and 8 hops
>>  between routers for the longest route. Almost all the software used to
>>  make possible the infraestructure of this network is free software,
>>  GNU/Linux and open source tools.
>>  ....
>>  From the coverture areas of any of those groups, you can browse the
>>  internet, send and receive e-mail, use instant messengers, play 
>>games on the net
>>  and use any of the many services that everyday is newly served over
>>  the  net.
>>  ....
>>A good starting
>>  point for your search in Spain is the web of the RedLibre project
>>  (http://www.redlibre.net).

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>  From: Holly Ladd <hladd at healthnet.org>
>  Date: Thu Sep 25, 2003  4:30:16 PM Canada/Eastern
>  To: gkd at phoenix.edc.org
>  Subject: [GKD] Using Wireless Technology for Health Care (Uganda)
>  Reply-To: gkd at phoenix.edc.org
>
>  OTTAWA The launch of a nationwide, wireless network to improve Uganda's
>  ability to treat patients and combat the spread of disease was
>  announced today.
>  The network is built around the countrys well-established cell
>  phone network, inexpensive handheld computers, and innovative wireless
>  servers called "Jacks." The technology allows health care workers to
>  access and share critical information in remote facilities without
>  fixed telephone lines or regular access to electricity.
>  ....
>  The WideRay Jack servers, which are about the size of a thick textbook
>  and use long lasting industrial-grade batteries -- a single charge
>  lasts up to a year -- are being installed in health care facilities across
>  Uganda. Health workers can link to the device using the infrared port
>  on  their handheld computers to retrieve or submit information, and to
>  access email.
>  ....
>  This project will provide health practitioners in the field with tools
>  that were previously unavailable or outdated. For example, users can
>  now access the latest treatment guidelines for tuberculosis and malaria and
>  learn of the most cost-effective approaches to fight HIV/AIDS, which
>  infects one in 10 adults in Uganda. They can also read the latest
>  medical journals and textbooks from around the world, in a digital
>  form.
>  ....
>  Information:
>
>  IDRC, Ottawa, Canada
>  Web: http://www.idrc.ca
>
>  WideRay Corporation, San Francisco, CA, USA
>  Web: http://www.wideray.com
>
>  Satellife, Watertown, MA, USA
>  Web: http://www.healthnet.org/index.php
>  ....
>  "Many of the users of this system have never used a computer before,
>  let alone had connectivity to this kind of information,"
>  ....
>  Previously, handwritten reports and drug shipment requests took months
>  just to reach Kampala, where it would typically be months longer before
>  data was analyzed so as to be useful to administrators. Information can
>  now be acted upon on the day after submission, and manual error has
>  been  dramatically reduced.
>
>  "There are literally millions of points in the world where on-location
>  wireless data services provide immense value ...."
>  said Saul Kato, WideRays CEO.
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