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Embalam village internet kiosk
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1090
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Pondicherry server
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 877
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Pondicherry router and LAN
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 884
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Pondicherry lead-acid batteries
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 932
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Pondicherry lead-acid battery details
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1024
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CRW_7153.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 857
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Power system controller (?) from Advanced Energy Systems (Australia).
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 860
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Various cables/cords going to antennas and solar panels through a hole near the ceiling.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 815
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CRW_7156.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 774
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Panasonic office telephone system (voice only)
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 857
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CB radio used to as the "out of band" channel to the villages. Very important for diagnosing network problems.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1749
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Pondicherry: training center on top of the building.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1007
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Pondicherry solar panels
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 903
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Pondicherry VSAT dish, which is the only connectivity for the whole set of villages onto the Internet.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 945
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Pondicherry antenna tower. Four lond-distance wireless links (Motorola Canopy?) at the top and two VHF antennas on the bottom.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1479
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Antenna tower is 100 feet tall!
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1259
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Pondicherry training center, with chalkboard with Tamil.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 908
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CRW_7166.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 825
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Pondicherry data center. Man in foreground is developing local (Tamil) content.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 857
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CRW_7168.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 804
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Two SmarTrunk ST-853 enhanded base station controllers for VHF links. These are the two VHF basestations for the 10 villages.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 884
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CRW_7170.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 776
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220VAC to 12VDC 20A power supply. Note that there is no output right now.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 825
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Pondicherry street in front of the data center.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 824
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CRW_7173.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 777
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Embalam: kiosk is in the side room of a Hindu temple.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 835
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Kids playing games in Embalam.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 1130
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Cabinet with books, a WorldPhone, and various other things.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 831
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Ethernet hubin Embalam
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 809
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Emabalam solar system and batteries.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 801
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Kiosk entrance. Note antenna in background.
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 794
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House across the street
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 797
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CRW_7186.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 803
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CRW_7187.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 818
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CRW_7189.jpg
Date: 01/12/2004
Views: 963
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