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These are the documents related to the WISP in a box project.
'''What is the WISP in a box project?'''
 
 
The ''WISP in a box'' project will
 
* take the best known ingredients from the open source / free software world
* bundle them and make them easy to use
* put them on low cost, low power hardware (which will be solar powered)
 
 
to create a
 
* easy-to use-and-run wireless ISP box
 
 
and make this product available to
 
* entrepreneurs, activists, movers of all kinds
 
 
in order to help bringing
 
* connectivity to underserviced, underprivileged and overcharged communities in Africa.
 


Contact:  
Contact:  

Latest revision as of 11:15, 30 May 2008

What is the WISP in a box project?


The WISP in a box project will

  • take the best known ingredients from the open source / free software world
  • bundle them and make them easy to use
  • put them on low cost, low power hardware (which will be solar powered)


to create a

  • easy-to use-and-run wireless ISP box


and make this product available to

  • entrepreneurs, activists, movers of all kinds


in order to help bringing

  • connectivity to underserviced, underprivileged and overcharged communities in Africa.


Contact:

  • Sebastian Büttrich, http://wire.less.dk, mail: sebastian_at_less.dk
  • Kobus Roux, kroux_at_csir.co.za

The best starting point for learning about the project is: The WISP-in-a-box project