Rey-Moreno, CRoro, ZTucker, WDJay Siya, MJBidwell, NJSimo-Reigadas, J2013-05-032013-05-032013-01Rey-Moreno, C, Roro, Z, Tucker, W.D, Jay Siya, M.J, Bidwell, N.J and Simo-Reigadas, J. 2012. Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network. In: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, Bangalore, India, 11-12 January 2013978-1-4503-1856-3http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2450000/2442897/a11-rey-moreno.pdf?ip=146.64.81.112&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=C2716FEBFA981EF16F26307A25115533B16AE41C93EF03EC&CFID=317932159&CFTOKEN=80169242&__acm__=1366623420_dc9444fbebbcb02ff41ece65d806775chttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/6728Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, Bangalore, India, 11-12 January 2013. Published in ACM Digital libraryThe computing for development community knows that technology interventions involve consideration of social, technical and environmental factors. Research into WiFi solutions has fallen off as ubiquitous mobile solutions penetrate even the deepest rural communities worldwide. This paper argues that the latest wave of WiFi mesh networks offers benefits that traditional top-down WiFi and mobile networks do not. In addition, we propose ethnographic and participatory methods to aid the effective rollout of mesh inverse infrastructure with and for a given community. This paper describes and then analyzes a mesh for voice rollout within a situated context. We explain how to conduct informed community co-design and how to factor in local socio-political concerns that can impact on the design, rollout and subsequent maintenance of community-based wireless mesh networks. While we have not yet analyzed baseline and initial usage data, we do have new lessons to offer.enComputing for developmentWiFi solutionsWiFi mesh networksCommunity-based wireless mesh networksConference PresentationRey-Moreno, C., Roro, Z., Tucker, W., Jay Siya, M., Bidwell, N., & Simo-Reigadas, J. (2013). Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network. ACM Digital libary. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6728Rey-Moreno, C, Z Roro, WD Tucker, MJ Jay Siya, NJ Bidwell, and J Simo-Reigadas. "Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6728Rey-Moreno C, Roro Z, Tucker W, Jay Siya M, Bidwell N, Simo-Reigadas J, Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network; ACM Digital libary; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6728 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Rey-Moreno, C AU - Roro, Z AU - Tucker, WD AU - Jay Siya, MJ AU - Bidwell, NJ AU - Simo-Reigadas, J AB - The computing for development community knows that technology interventions involve consideration of social, technical and environmental factors. Research into WiFi solutions has fallen off as ubiquitous mobile solutions penetrate even the deepest rural communities worldwide. This paper argues that the latest wave of WiFi mesh networks offers benefits that traditional top-down WiFi and mobile networks do not. In addition, we propose ethnographic and participatory methods to aid the effective rollout of mesh inverse infrastructure with and for a given community. This paper describes and then analyzes a mesh for voice rollout within a situated context. We explain how to conduct informed community co-design and how to factor in local socio-political concerns that can impact on the design, rollout and subsequent maintenance of community-based wireless mesh networks. While we have not yet analyzed baseline and initial usage data, we do have new lessons to offer. DA - 2013-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Computing for development KW - WiFi solutions KW - WiFi mesh networks KW - Community-based wireless mesh networks LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 978-1-4503-1856-3 T1 - Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network TI - Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6728 ER -