Rieutort-de-Randon, a remote French hamlet, is turning to new technology to provide an alternative to the slow dial up Internet connection that is available to them.
With increased businesses, transaction and services provided online, poorly connected with technological aid is proving to bear serious consequences for the community.
Therefore, certain changes are introduced in the French law for people who want to provide better communication access for themselves. The problem cited was that the connection speed of DSL broadband decreases the further one get down the line from the telecoms central office.
The only solution that possible is to have broadband through the alternative solution of satellite and wi-fi. That means a dish that receives the satellite signal and then a wi-fi network, which provides broadband Internet on the ground to locals, businesses and schools with fast connection.
Rieutort-de-Randon offers a model to other remote areas such as large expanses of the developing world, where laying cables or mobile networks might be too expensive.
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