Namibian WWW/Cellphone Solution

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The BBC’s Click Programme reports:

Namibia lies on the south west coast of Africa. It is bigger than Turkey or Pakistan, but home to just two million people.

Although electricity, voice and data all flow here, the cables only serve the cities - the areas with enough customers in one place. Out of town the power stops and the mobile signal fades out. If you need to make a call out here, you have to do it by satellite.

Calling from the desert is possible with a satellite phone. Satellite phones have been used by remote travellers for several decades.

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Namibian WWW/Cellphone Solution