DIDO access points can transmit far longer distances than Wi-Fi access points or cell towers because they can transmit at a higher power, if needed, without the concerns of interference. So indoor DIDO access points can safely transmit a mile or more, and outdoor access points can transmit much farther. One rural configuration can transmit 250 miles in radius. That’s because the signal at the 3 megahertz to 7 megahertz range can bounce off the ionosphere in the sky (as pictured) and overcome limits of the curvature of the earth.
via venturebeat.com
I was on the phone just this morning with a philanthropist recently returned from Africa. The data infrastructure is not keeping up there. We as a software development, social entrepreneurship-empowering world have great ideas that cannot yet be implemented in most of Africa because of the lack of infrastructure.
So when I read articles like this, I know I need to be patient and know that communication is coming.
"One rural configuration... 250 miles in radius." A high fidelity signal achieving this reach is completely world changing for thousands of applications--real time disaster relief communications, education and networking for rural farmers, Twitter-like micro networks for activism and citizen movements.
