[quote="admin"][quote]Know-how and application go hand in hand... How long have you been outside Nigeria? You need to travel more, see the country and you'll understand my point... [/quote]
Once again you're making assumptions about something you know nothing about. Is this endemic in you to the point of incorrigibility? I clearly understand your point, but you fail to grasp mine. You started by saying wired networking is old technology. Then you wiggled your way into now saying you're opposed to it due to the cost. I set a trap for you, and you fell right into it.
[quote]I wont even bother to read it. Everyone knows how DSL service is provided. Over copper. Need I say more? [/quote]
You should read it. Maybe you'd learn something, rather than keep propagating untruths. So what if it's called dsl reports? Does that mean automatically everyting that comes out of there is false? You see how warped your reason is? Always keep an open mind.
[quote]Everything is crackable. It's just a matter of time. [/quote]
No doubt. But what I'm saying is that wireless Internet is way more insecure than wired. Why in the world are we constantly going round in circles? You present a point, I conclusively disprove it, then you come back with another excuse. Behavior of a typical Nigeria. Never willing to yeild, even in the face of overwhelming proof.
[quote]You mentioned e-payment. How many people have cards in Naija? Is it the 70% rural dwellers that need proprietary secure transactions? You're so tech, you've become blind. Remember this, the game is to apply technology to get the best out of it. Remember that tech boy! [/quote]
Anything worth doing, is worth doing well. We might as well do Internet access right once and for all. Don't you think so?
[quote]You're getting upset now! Tech boy, cant you take a joke?[/quote]
I don't get upset. I get even. Besides, what you wrote wasn't a joke at all. It was a challenge that DES/AES are secure. But I proved to you that they're not.
[quote]In summary: Wires (esp Fibre) - let the private sector do it; Broadband to semi urban and rural areas, the cheapest and most reliable form to deliver it for their uses is wireless.[/quote]
No doubt. But you do agree that the urban areas should be wired then?
[quote]If they want internet before the end of the next century, it's going to be by wireless. If in 30 years, it makes sense to provide backhaul via fibre to these areas, then so be it but i still think the private sector will/should do it.[/quote]
In that case, why hasn't the private sector done it? I don't care who does it, as long as it gets done.
[quote]Our scarce resources should be spent on education, education, education, health, and basic infrastructure... [/quote]
Do you really believe Nigeria is scarce on resources?
That's why it's so easy for your leaders to steal from you, since you're in the dark about the nation's wealth.
[quote]Why are you installing fibre when they dont have electricity? Or water?[/quote]
In the same vein, why do you need wireless Internet access when they don't have electricity/water? Are you even thinking, or you're just shooting your mouth off?
[quote]Get it? Priorities man... And scarce resources...[/quote]
There's no scarce recources. Nigeria's resources get stolen, not scarce at all I'm shocked that I even have to bring that to your attention. Are you really a Nigerian or wannabe?
But the bottomline is this:
You started by claiming that wireless is better than wired technologically. I proved you wrong. Wired it the way to go anyday for any serious business, or Nigeria is always going to be behind.
Wireless is for convenience. Wired is for sericous business.[/quote]
To summarize:
Wired infrastructure all over the country like you've suggested is too expensive for a country like Nigeria. No country has doen it yet not even the USA.
http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/nigeria/ ... onomy.html
Wired infrastructure can be done by the private sector in urban areas if they think it's commercially feasible.
Wireless works and works as well as wired infrastructure. (Note: not WiFi hence its name Wireless Fidelity... It was meant for short range <200m). Have you ever heard of WiMAX based on 802.16d/e? This is where we stand to leap frog technologies.
The USA got its one millionth telephone line in 1967. Nigeria got its twenty millionth telephone line in 2006 from a standing start of 450k in 2000. It would have been impossible to achieve this with wired technology.
For the provision of broadband access to many homes to ensure we bridge the digital divide, wireless technologies will play the foremost task of providing broadband access to ALL Nigerians.
The countries primary earner is Oil. We make approximately $15b to $25b a year from oil. If we were to spend it on fibre at the cost of $15k per 1km, that would provide 1m kilometres of fibre. Question is when literacy rates are 50%-55% and computer literacy is less; it's hard to justify wiring the whole country with fibre. Just wont happen.
You cannot separate economics from what you can and cannot do. Wireless is Africa's technology. We have to start somewhere. If we become very rich and we can justify the cost of laying fibre to provide a plethora of services, then i'm sure the private sector will make that investment.
The government of the day should be lauded for trying to provide any type of broadband access to people in semi-urban and rural areas. This is a good idea even if it's one in a mountain of bad ideas. Give credit where credit is due. We need to move forward.