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Villagers of Porvenir, Bolivia have been communicating through the Internet since October 2000 on computers and a satellite connection powered by solar photovoltaic panels donated by AEP. Information describing the Porvenir project and other public-private partnerships “to light up and link up the world” can be found at www.villagepower2000.org.
Broad strokes of sunlight are bringing broadband to remote areas without electricity. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) researchers have established solar-power stations that allow broadband microwave antennas to penetrate otherwise unreachable rural locations.