Kotze, Christoffel. <br/><br/>
A Broadband Apparatus for Underserviced Remote Communities  Connecting the Unconnected /  [electronic resource] : 
by Christoffel Kotze. 
 - 1st ed. 2020. 
 - XI, 124 p.  online resource. 
 - Southern Space Studies,  2523-3726 .
 - Southern Space Studies, .
<br/><br/>Broadband access for remote un-serviced communities -- Requirements definition -- Conceptual design -- Detailed design -- Impact -- Financing the construction and operation of the BARC -- Conclusions. 
<br/><br/> This book investigates how broadband internet can be provided to remote and isolated communities through the use of satellite and other enabling technologies, in the form of a self-contained broadband apparatus. It discusses how the proposed design can help bridge the digital divide by removing one of the main hurdles to adopting technologies: infrastructure. In turn, the book explores how the lack of infrastructure, especially with regard to connectivity and electricity, can be addressed by exploiting new technological advances in a number of fields, notably the newly proposed large broadband satellite constellations. In closing, it uses concrete examples to demonstrate the potential positive impacts of a “broadband ecosystem” on economics, governance and society, and on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783030157661 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-030-15766-1  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Telecommunication.<br/>Aerospace engineering.<br/>Astronautics.<br/>Regionalism.<br/>Communications Engineering, Networks.<br/>Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.<br/>Regionalism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK5101-5105.9 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.382