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Today Internet is the tool that provides the fastest and latest informat ion on what goes on around including Nigeria. In Nigeria, most of the rural areas are still lagging behind in the area of Internet provision. This work focuses on the provision of Internet services to a sparse rural co mmun ity based on the apprehension of the people of the rural settlement in Nigeria, taking Ake-Ih ievbu sparse rural co mmun ity as a case study. It exp lores the various methodologies that are used in providing internet services and fashion out model that will be best suited for sparse rural co mmunities with emphasis on affordability to the people and profit marg in returns to the providers. This model is in two parts; Fixed and cellular wireless. Fixed wireless involves the use of Very Small Aperture Technology (VSAT), Fixed Wireless and Wireless Local Area Network (W LAN) technologies, to allo w the Internet Service Providers to red istribute the internet service around the settlement and allo wing the ind igenes to access it via their personal co mputers using wireless radio signal. The use of Fixed Wireless and Local Area Network (LA N) technologies to redistribute it to cyber cafes, for those whose cannot afford to own a personal computer is also presented. Cellu lar technologies involve the use of cellular mob ile technologies like Global system for Mobile Co mmunications (GSM) to provide Internet services to the commun ity. Considering the cost of building base stations for cellu lar mobiles, the possibility of government and corporate organizat ions partnering with GSM operators to reduce the cost, thereby providing affordable Internet access for the ru ral dwellers is also presented. The provision of Internet to the rural co mmunities in Nigeria will be greatly overco me, if the models presented here are strictly adhered to. |
