Wi-BUS™ – Mass transportation for the digital public
Internet usage grew more than 165% from 2000 to 2008, but about 88 percent of the world’s 6.6 billion people still do not have access to the Internet.* The prohibitive costs of cable, fiber and copper line extensions make the Internet inaccessible to most of the world.
Wi-BUS™ is the solution.
Why Wi-BUS™?
Wi-BUS™, developed by La Jolla Networks, Inc., is a breakthrough, disruptive technology that presents an unmatched opportunity in the broadband space.
Wi-BUS™ technology creates an efficient pathway that is broader and faster than any competing technology — WiFi, WiMAX, or 802.20 — and provides a completely scalable technology using existing infrastructure.
How? By unlocking the use of UHF channels (frequencies) for effective delivery of digital data to homes and businesses (e.g., telephony, Internet, interactive voice, TV). Wi-BUS™ (meaning Wireless Broadband UHF Spectrum) is 10 times faster and a fraction of the cost of what is presently typically offered to consumers and businesses.
Wi-BUS™ not only supports the delivery of general-purpose data to fixed home equipment, it can also be used to support mobile phones, laptops and other applications. Thus, La Jolla Networks has the opportunity to adapt its offerings to networks employing one or a number of media, and to any number of network applications.
* Internet usage and world population statistics are from the US Census Bureau, Nielsen//NetRatings, and the International Telecommunications Union and Internet World Stats.
Today a Bangladeshi MP (Member of Parliament) raised his voice on parliament to implement this Wi-BUS technology in Bangladesh, so that internet can be provided to the people of rural areas around the country in a very low cost (Specially for villagers).
I personally think that its a good thing but still it depends on internet bandwidth price in Bangladesh. Currently 1mbps bandwidth price in Bangladesh is BDT 27,000 /month (approx $385USD) such a high rate.
Whats do you guys think about this technology? Please Share your thought