<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I was just checking on "broadband" wireless there a couple of days ago knowing the landlines are poor. I knew it would be high, but WOW. <br><br>100kb up 300kb down is $1016.50 per month - after you purchase the hardware and get it installed.<br><br>-Jason<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com><br>To: SignWriting List <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 3:40:33 PM<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Kenya<br><br>Stuart,<br><br>yeah youre right there - internet is a real nightmare.<br><br>however the government is talking about
introducing broadband and all<br>that - it would be a big help in its economy there.<br><br>Don't know when it ll happen - but very soon I hope.<br><br>However most deaf schools are based in the rural areas where access to<br>quality telephone lines is limited.<br><br>Shane<br><br>On 09/11/2007, Stuart Thiessen <<a ymailto="mailto:sw@passitonservices.org" href="mailto:sw@passitonservices.org">sw@passitonservices.org</a>> wrote:<br>> I was there in September, and will go back in January. I did have a<br>> chance to show SW to some Deaf there a little, but the internet that
I<br>> had access to was very slow. So SignPuddle will be frustrating to use<br>> there, I suspect. I did hear that there was work on a new internet<br>> backbone to Kenya, but I don't know anything more about it. I was<br>> working with one of our clients there on a different project. There I<br>> think handwriting will be the better place to start.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> Stuart<br>><br>> On 9 Nov 2007, at 14:05 , Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:<br>><br>> > hi Val,<br>> ><br>> > no im still in Belfast, Ireland.<br>> ><br>> > As for Kenya, we need to train some deafies there how to use<br>> > SignWriting - the internet there isnt great and not everyone have<br>> > computers - but it ll change soon.<br>> ><br>> > Hope we ll see a few Kenyans trained pretty soon.<br>> ><br>> > Shane<br>> ><br>> > On 09/11/2007, Valerie Sutton <<a
ymailto="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >> SignWriting List<br>> >> November 9, 2007<br>> >><br>> >> Hello Shane!<br>> >> I could read your Norwegian (grin ;-)))<br>> >><br>> >> I understand you are in Kenya right now? Is that correct?<br>> >><br>> >> Can you find some Kenyan Sign Language users to start adding
Kenyan<br>> >> signs into the Kenyan SignPuddle? ;-)<br>> >><br>> >> Kenyan SIgn Language SignPuddle<br>> >> <a href="http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=79" target="_blank">http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=79</a><br>> >><br>> >> It would be so cool to see some signs from Kenya...I never have!<br>> >><br>> >> Val ;-)<br>> >><br>> >> -------<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> Dearest Ingvild,<br>> >>><br>> >>> Gratulerer med fødselsdagen!<br>> >>><br>> >>> :-)<br>> >>><br>> >>> hope I have got my Norwegian right (not that I would know
anything<br>> >>> - I<br>> >>> fingerspell better in Norwegian!!!)<br>> >>><br>> >>> Glad that your lesson went well at HiB - you have really lovely<br>> >>> people<br>> >>> working there in the interpreter training programme there.<br>> >>><br>> >>> hope your bday went well today :-)<br>> >>><br>> >>> Shane x<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> On 09/11/2007, Ingvild Roald <<a ymailto="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com" href="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com">iroald@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >>>> Thank you Stefan, this too is a wonderful card and a wonderful<br>> >>>> gift,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> thank you<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Ingvild<br>> >>>><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>>
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