Voip on a Bike ¿una alternativa para Chile?

El siguiente articulo trata sobre el uso de la bicicleta como un gran dinamo, que con solo 15 minutos de pedaleo es capaz de generar la electricidad para hacer funcionar un computador y los equipos de acceso a internet. En este caso pensado para la comunicacion a traves de la telefonia IP, la cual es bastante mas economica en relacion a la telefonia convencional.
Justamente leyendo mas sobre eficiencia energetica, di con chilesustentable y su campaña ciudadana de eficiencia energetica.
Esta iniciativa apunta que podamos realizar todas nuestras actividades reduciendo la cantidad de energia que utilizamos, la cantidad de combustibles y por ende la contaminacion al medio ambiente.

El acceso a internet mas que un privilegio deberia ser un derecho para todos nosotros, disminuir la brecha digital e incrementar la alfabetizacion digital es necesario para todos, el sistema Voip on a bike esta basado en el un sistema basado en linux para un poder dar acceso a telefonia Ip, a bajo costo y al alcance de todos.
Como cita el articulo original , que pasaria si nosotros fueramos uno del billon de habitantes del planeta que viven sin luz? No light, no Phone.
Sin embargo podriamos reparar en el hecho de que el alcance de la internet en lugares retirados no es posible, pero gracias a iniciativas como sincables o conectandochile Con una antena a base una sarten o una olla podemos conectarnos a uno de los nodos y entrar a internet.

aca adjunto el texto original

" VoIP on a bike: A bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP system brings developing communities into the 21st century"


A bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP system: not your usual high-tech architecture. But what if you were one of the more than 1 billion people living without electricity? No power, no phone. The mission of Inveneo, a nonprofit group of inveterate high-tech adventurers, is to bring developing communities that never reached a 20th century level of infrastructure into the 21st century. Its bicycle-powered system brings not just VoIP but also e-mail and Web browsing to remote areas, using a combination of Linux and the Asterisk open source PBX.

Inveneo puts everything together with off-the-shelf hardware that is low-cost, easily replaced, and — it is hoped — easy to troubleshoot and fix. It uses Wi-Fi networking to route traffic to a central hub with existing phone infrastructure, with a range as far as 100 miles.

The bicycle, mostly used as a backup to solar power, gives the rider one hour on the phone for every 15 minutes of work. In a village, a user might trade pedaling time for phone time — or get paid by someone who wants to use the phone but doesn’t want to work so hard.

When, at a meeting with Inveneo, I suggested that instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to hit a comet 83 million miles away, the U.S. government should support efforts such as Inveneo’s here on Earth, developer Michael Meisel took umbrage. He pointed out that if we didn’t pay for high-tech research none of the equipment Inveneo is using would exist.

Instead, according to Inveneo CEO Mark Summer, the goal is to get NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) such as ActionAid interested. Inveneo might have an impact on 10 villages, but ActionAid can fund and deploy communications systems to thousands of villages. In addition, Inveneo is working with Cisco to bring what it calls ICT (infrastructure and communications technology) to a half-million schools in Africa.

By connecting remote areas of the world, Inveneo’s efforts will help to improve the health, education, and business opportunities of millions of people. For companies such as Cisco, that’s a smart investment; because when these 1 billion to 2 billion people become connected, they will in short order become consumers.

It is estimated that in 10 years, the combined populations of what we call developing nations will make up 70 percent of the consumers in the world. It wouldn’t be a bad idea if those consumers were familiar with your products and services. "


Comentario Znet.
There’s a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about "VoIP on a Bike," a Linux-powered VoIP system that gives a user one hour of VoIP access time for every 15 minutes of pedalling power.

The concept is, by pedaling, you generate enough power to run the digital devices you are accessing VoIP- or other Internet functionalities you wish to use.

Apparently, this technology is being aimed at the third world. It’s offered by Inveneo, a non-profit group dedicated to offering email, Web browsing, and yes, VoIP to Third-World communities.

"In a village, a user might trade pedaling time for phone time-or get paid by someone who wants to use the phone but doesn’t want to work so hard," writes InfoWorld’s Ephraim Schwartz.

An hour of VoIP time for 15 minutes of cycling? Gee, I wonder how many thousands of hours Lance Armstrong would accrue…


Otra forma de utilizar la bicicleta