Perhaps this is a fit for Outernet ?

On Jan 3, 2017 8:48 AM, "Brian Kantor" Brian@ucsd.edu wrote:

(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Hello Alessandro,

To the best of my knowledge, there is no AMPRNet infrastructure in Bangladesh, so there is nothing for you to connect to using network 44.

While it is true that amateur radio can communicate over long distances, it can only do so at extremely slow data rates, far too slow for internet use. The only way I can think of for you to accomplish the connection you seek is to use satellite communications. There are indeed amateur radio satellites, but none of them handle the kind of data that would be needed for internet use.

I believe you will have to get your connectivity via one of the commercial or government satellite services. In the USA, this is not expensive, but I have no idea how much it would cost for Bangladesh. Perhaps you can find a charity that will fund or donate the necessary equipment or service.

I wish you the best of luck. - Brian

On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 12:39:28PM +0100, Alessandro Spinella wrote:

(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ hello everybody,

let me shortly present myself and the matter: working in IT for more than

30 years, experienced with network devices (switch, routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS), programming (C and some others), good knowledge on protocols and RFCs; hosts under my control are not allowed to run anything else than FreeBSD.

but absolutely not experienced about radio transmission/devices/requirements

so had carefully read http://wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Quickstart and feel it is not suitable for my problem: I am looking how to arrange for an internet-connected PC located somewhere in a remote village of Bangladesh with no local power source.

while it seem almost easy to power the PC with solar-cells battery is it

not clear for me:

• if and how is possible to use 44net to internet-connect the remote site

via RF, feel it just a matter to have sufficient "radio power" to reach a 44net bridge, a PC/router and some radio devices but unsure.

• what kind of radio devices are suitable for that use (or: how far can

radio waves go with a "poor" power source?)

• locations (if any) of local-radio-amateur joined in 44net that can

bridge some internet traffic from/to such a "leaf-site"

moreover my limit are:

• money: while it's a personal initiative have no founding except my

incoming and thus cheap is a must

• reliability: can't be on site to fix any possible problem as them

arise, so "good" devices are required

as stated in RFC1925 : <<good, fast, cheap: choose two, you can't have

all three>> implies that am aware that "fast" can't be get; just need directions and some "good" reference for the HW where I can learn details as power requirements and for the SW (but I guess 44net is the right place).

wish you nice day

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