How Africa Will 'Leapfrog' Wired Networks 183
umarkalim writes "In an interview with Al Jazeera, Les Cottrell at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory explains how Africa will actually 'leapfrog' the need to install hard-wired cables. He says it's often overlooked that the continent is huge and that the countries are diverse. He says, 'the cost of the infrastructure is quite high, especially if you have to connect every home with copper cables and fiber-optic cables ... I think in many cases Africa will actually "leapfrog" the need to install hard-wired cables everywhere, and will be able to use different techniques such as the BRCK modem, the low-earth orbiting satellites or the 3G solutions to get connectivity to where they need.'"
Wireless sucks (Score:5, Funny)
I still can't "leapfrog" wireless in my house. Running CAT6 all over the damn place.
since you're there anyway... (Score:3, Funny)
all the houses need power anyway... as my grandfather said if you're riding the hog anyway you may as well ride it to work.