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December 20, 2006
Primate-Friendly Satellite Dishes
Great quote from a post today to the Global Voices discussion group for the summit they just hosted in India last weekend. Kiran Jonnalagadda was talking about the rural information kiosks he runs in India's Karnataka state, which struggle with electricity and affordable Internet access. Apparently, that's not the only problem they face, as Kiran tells it:
Among the complaints received by our helpdesk: "Sir, there's a monkey swinging from the dish."
Perhaps the VSAT dish providers have a potential ad campaign on their hands, kinda like that US luggage commercial where the gorilla beats the crap out of a suitcase without destroying it: Our dishes can handle a troupe of macaques better than any other brand. Now that'd be good television. -andy
Posted by acarvin at December 20, 2006 11:00 AM
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