DigI:Esilalei Patandi Selela visit 4-7Mar2019
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DigI:Esilalei Patandi Selela visit 4-7Mar2019
| Title | DigI:Esilalei_Patandi_Selela visit 4-7Mar2019 |
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| Place | Arusha region, Tanzania |
| Date, Time | 2019/03/04, 14:20h (Kilimanjaro Airport) - 7Mar2019 |
| Contact Person | Elibariki Mwakapeje |
| Participants | Cathrine Chaffey, Flora Francis Kajuna, Elibariki Mwakapeje, Josef Noll, Kinyala Lyandala |
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Travel plan
4Mar2019 Patandi
- 1420h landing Kilimansjaro Airport
- 1600h Meeting Patandi Teacher College for Special Needs
- Internet connectivity
- Collaboration "Internet Lite for All" - Open University
5Mar2019 Selela
- purchase of battery and solar (Mobisol)
- travel to Selela, network measurements
6Mar2019 Esilaei
- installation of "Internet lite"
7Mar2019 reserve day
- 1810h Josef Departure Kilimanjaro Airport
Contacts to meet
"I Hear You" prosjektet
- Jon Øygarden, NTNU/ SINTEF være i Arusha med fire Audiograf studenter fra 3 mars – 11 mars. De skal jobbe sammen med hørselsavdelingen på Patandi og The Open University of Tanzania og hørselsteste barn på noen utvalgte barneskoler
- De bor på L'Oasis i Arusha som Jacob kjenner godt. Kopiere inn Jon i kommunikasjonen.
OpenUniversity
- kontakt med Dr. Cosmas Mnyanyi.
HVL/Internet
- Arne Jacob Melting -
Day 1: 4Mar2019
Our first day in Northern Tanzania, around the area of Arusha. While Cathrine, and Flora came with our driver Kinyala from SUA and Dar es Salam, Josef took the overnight flight via Addis Abeba and arrived after 17 h travel time at lunch time at Kilimanjaro airport. Meeting Elibariki from the Ministry of Health, we directly headed towards field work, visiting the Patandi Teachers college close to Arusha.
Regarding Internet Access at the Patandi Teachers college, they have the two main challenges:
- a) the price of the Internet connection (1.2 MTZS = ~460€/month for a 7 Mbit/s line) and
- b) a huge area to cover.
Our analysis is that the BasicInternet Infrastructure will solve b) by adding sector antennas and dedicated hot-spots. Answering a) the costs of the link, which is about 100 times more expensive than the link I have at home, is not that easy to solve. Given that they have more than 120 users, a solution with just using the mobile network might not be sufficient, as you have a limitation of 10, 30, or 50 GB/month. Just for info: In Kinderdorf we have a usage of about 120 GB per day, with almost the same amount of people.
Though, we might give it a try with a mobile link, until a new negotiation with the operators might success. We might also need the Basic Internet infrastructure for cost sharing. Given that 120 users pay 4 €/month, and that some fixed costs can be taken otherwise, might be a solution. Needs further discussions.
After a common dinner, it's time to get a rest, before we purchase solar equipment tomorrow and head towards Selela to check the connectivity.
= Day 2: Visit to Selela
Take with us
- 2 LTE antennas
- 2 RBD952 (local hot-spot)
- SIM cards from Airtel, Halotel and TIGO
Buy from Mobisol in Arusha
- Battery pack 75(+75) Ah
- Solar regulator
- USB charger
- Solar panel 200W (150 W should hold)
- installation kit