Archive for July, 2006

DavSur Connects Remote Town

July 7, 2006

After the successful launching of the connectivity of the Magsaysay Farmers MPCI in December 2005, Mayor Arthur Davin asked, how can we provide Internet for this whole town – we do not even have landline? The coop used the latest in wireless internet technology - the PLDT WeRoam technology which connects one PC to the [...]

Life on the Roadshow

July 7, 2006

A crew of about 20 to 25 from different agencies move early to the province, and participate in a motorcade towards the briefing site – where more than a 100 participants await. A simple program will introduce the guests, and the objectives of the roadshow. Representatives from the four project components each take turns to [...]

Gears, Wires, and Gadgets

July 7, 2006

The Open Academy brought along 10 notebook PCs since most of the computers in the mobile IT bus are no longer operational or very slow. Ten brand new ACER Centrino notebook pcs were used. For Internet even in remote places, we used PLDT’s Weroam Aircard – its a mobile wireless internet card that connects to [...]