Video conferences with Tibet and Solar-power

Today, another major Wireless-Mesh site above Dharamsala got disconnected from the electrical-power-grid.
It is now running on Solar power:

(C)Photo: Yahel Ben-David.
Equipment at this site is expected to work 24 hours a day, in all weather, using a small solar-panel and battery. Due to very unstable power at these remote mountains – 5 power supplies where burnt at that site in the past. Let’s hope that the solar energy will put an end to these high expanses for “charcoal”.
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After descending from the mountain, I took Fred Pook to visit Norbulingka institute.
Today was a Tibetan holiday, so the little (yet very fancy) Cyber-Cafe at Norbulingka was full.
Both Fred and I, where amazed to see that 3 video (and voice) conferences where on simultaneously.
Fred - since he understand the technical strain in terms of latency and bandwidth which such applications put on the Wireless-Mesh network.
I was amazed to find out that these conferences where from Dharamsala to Lhasa in Tibet !
What a great rewarding feeling, to end a hard day.

(C)Photo: Yahel Ben-David.
Read more about it at: www.ditg.net .