<<November 30, 2000>>
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James R. Sheats <sheats@hpl.hp.com>
Dennis McGavis <dennis_muscato@hp.com>
Marcos Costa <marcos_costa@agilent.com>
Mariangela Paris <Mariangela_Paris@agilent.com>
Alexandre Tunes <alexandre_tunes@agilent.com>
Rogerio Micheletto <rogerio_micheletto@agilent.com>
Mariana Tolovi <mariana_tolovi@agilent.com>
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D. <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Dear Jim:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with your willingness to work with our projects.
(2) Thanks to extraordinary leadership of Alex Rivas, we conducted
our
highly successful mini-workshop on Technology and Distance Education
for Sustainable Development of the Amazonia" which was held
in Manaus,
Amazona, Brazil from May 31st to June 2nd, 2000.
Pls see "Brief report about our Manaus mini-workshop, 5/31-6/2 - June 4, 2000" at
http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/6-4-a.html
(3) During this workshop, Marcos Costa, Presidente of Agilent
Technologies
Brasil Ltda, made his excellent presentation, including LINCOS.
His assistant, Mariangela Paris, then informed me of your address
--
that was how I started contacting you.
(4) Marcos also kindly arranged a fully equipped echocardiogram, SONOS 5500, shipped from the US.
With this, we had a superb telemedicine demonstration of a
collaborative
medical care in global scale.
A doctor in Manaus brought a real patient. We then sent his
echocardiogram to a doctor at the University of Michigan. The
patient's
disease was happened to be the very issue this doctor was specialized,
even with grants for further research which he recently received
from
the US National Institute of Health (NIH). Both doctors agreed
to treat
the patient collaboratively.
The echocardiogram video was sent via ISDN (384 Kbps) line,
albeit with
many difficulties for its setting up, from the studio of AMAZONSAT
TV (a
major TV station and Internet Service Provider in Manaus) to the
office
of EMBRATEL in Manaus via microwave, and then from the EMBRATEL/Manaus
to EMBRATEL/Sao Paulo (or Rio de Janeiro) via satellite, and then
to
Mexico City via undersea cable/land-line, and then to the University
of
Michigan via land-line.
(5) Alex is now preparing a grant application which is to be
submitted to
the InfoDev of the World Bank. This application is to conduct
a
workshop in Manaus for feasibility study and market survey of
deploying
a global broadband Internet for community development.
Pls see its outline diagram at http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Global_Broadband_Internet/Global_Broadband_Diagram.html
(6) Alex plans to include some budget for setting up linkages
among K-12,
hospitals and libraries in Manaus with spread spectrum wireless
technology as depicted in the diagram.
Although the linkage between the US and Manaus was depicted
at 45 Mbps
in the diagram, it can be, say, 4 Mbps at the start with a few
hundred
dollars per month lease fee.
(7) I then would like to respectfully inquire if you would
be interested and
willing to participate in this project in Manaus.
Once there is a broadband Internet between Manaus and the US,
it can be
used for telemedicine as mentioned above -- at much less costs
than
ISDN, in addition to various usages of multimedia web teaching
materials
and clear audio via Internet telephony.
We also hope that the nodes of the spread spectrum wireless
in Manaus
will become relay points of wireless notebooks so that Education
for
All" (the motto of UNESCO) can be realized from anywhere
and anytime.
(8) Since Alex plans to complete his application by the middle
of January,
we would greatly appreciate if you can respond to me at your earliest
convenience.
We have a high expectation to this application as a pilot project
of our Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF) project -- about which
we
made a highly successful presentation at the InfoDev of the World
Bank on October 19th.
See about this GSTF at Reference web sites" at http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Reference_web_sites.html
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: James Sheats <sheats@hpldr2.hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Re: LINCOS and your project
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 2:54:22 PST
Cc: sheats@hpl.hp.com (James Sheats), dennis_muscato@hp.com
Hello Tak,
It has been quite some time, and still I seem to be buried!
Nevertheless
now is the time to take a few minutes to reply to your earlier
messages.
As you may have noticed, HP announced last month its World
e-Inclusion
Initiative (http://www.hp.com/e-inclusion,
directly linked from HP home page),
which is a very aggressive plan that builds on but goes far beyond
the
LINCOS project from which it arose.
One aspect of the Initiative is still the proliferation of
telecenters,
together with a program of content and service provision that
make them
valuable (where "value" is defined from both a human
fulfillment and a
financial revenue viewpoint). We are now working very hard on
implementing
a business plan for them. As e-health and e-learning are important
services which meet these criteria of value, I think exploration
of ways
to work with you and your friends would be very desirable.
The satellite delivery company I mentioned (Tachyon, http://www.tachyon.net)
is still a candidate, but there are others we are talking to quite
actively. The price of a few hundred dollars per month for something
around 1 Mb or more seems to be a reasonable goal. Today the government
of Costa Rica offers 4 Mb for this price for the LINCOS units
there. Of
course, government license fees in other countries are often the
problem,
rather than the fee to the satellite delivery company. Nevertheless
we
are seeing a lot of progress. In Bolivia EcoSage has gotten $150/mo.;
though that is subsidized, they expect that $300 will be a general
figure.
OnSat also has a program in Honduras (see OnSat website at http://www.onsat.com).
Dennis McGavis is a member of our group who is primarily coordinating
our e-health activities and also e-learning, so I have copied
him on this message.
With best regards,
Jim
> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:58:59 -0400
> From: utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Reply-To: utsumi@columbia.edu
> To: James Sheats <sheats@hpldr2.hpl.hp.com>
> CC: James Sheats <sheats@hpl.hp.com>
> Subject: Re: LINCOS and your project
>
> Dear Jim:
>
> (1) Many thanks for your msg -- I was just thinking to email
you.
>
> (2) Your project is very interesting and can go along with
our project very
> well, since we have many counterparts around the world to
set up broadband
> wireless and satellite Internet -- particularly in Amazon
area countries.
>
> Incidentally, I took the liberty of citing your LINCOS project
in
> our web -- see in List of Activities/Projects/Conferences/2000/May.
>
> (3) If you find time, pls visit
>
> "Global University System" for The 14th Annual
Conference of The Asian
> Association of Open Universities at The University of Philippines/Open
> University, Manila, Philippines 25-27 October 2000
>
> at
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manila%20Workshop/GUS_Paper/Manila_conf_10-00/GUS_Paper_Manila_conf.html
>
> (4) You can find relevant web sites of our projects, if you
click "Reference
> web sites:" in its contents (or at
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/Reference_web_sites.html
>
> (5) I would like to know from you the rate schedules of Internet
digital
> satellite company in San Diego -- you mentioned $300/month
for 4 Mbps during
> our last phone conversation. We may find many users for their
service.
>
> How much is the total cost of a van equipped with all the
electronic gears?
>
> (6) I will take the liberty of admitting you into our listserve
so that you
> will be kept updated with our daily progress -- pls feel
free to discard them
> if some are not relevant to your project.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
>
> Best, Tak
> *****************
> James Sheats wrote:
>
> > Dear Mr. Utsumi,
> >
> > I am very sorry not to have responded till now. Even
now I am buried
> > with issues requiring immediate attention. However,
I do appreciate very
> > much the email you sent, and intend to follow up on
it just as soon as I
> > can. Again I apologize for not being able to do so quite
as soon as would
> > be desired.
> >
> > With best regards,
> > Jim
> > --
> > James R. Sheats Tel. 650-857-5987
> > Program Manager, World E-services Fax 650-813-3152
> > Hewlett-Packard Co. sheats@hpl.hp.com
> > 1501 Page Mill Road
> > Palo Alto, CA 94304
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List of Distribution
James R. Sheats
Program Manager, World E-services
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1501 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel. 650-857-5987
Fax 650-813-3152
sheats@hpl.hp.com
Dennis McGavis
dennis_muscato@hp.com
Marcos Costa
Presidente
Agilent Technologies Brasil Ltda.
Alameda Araguaia, 1142 - 2 Andar
06455-000 - Barueri - SP - Brasil
+55-11-7297-3690
Fax: +55-11-7297-3793
marcos_costa@agilent.com
Mariangela Paris
+55-11-7297-3512
Mariangela_Paris@agilent.com
Alexandre Tunes
Director, International Business Development
Agilent Technologies Brasil Ltda.
SCN Qd 2 - Bl. A - Ed. Corporate
Finan. Center - 5 Andar - Sl. 33
70712-900 - Brasilia -DF - Brazil
+55-61-329-6021
Fax: +55-61-329-6199
Cel: +55-61-9965-3545
alexandre_tunes@agilent.com
Rogerio Micheletto
Agilent Technologies in Brazil
rogerio_micheletto@agilent.com
Mariana Tolovi
Agilent Technologies in Brazil
mariana_tolovi@agilent.com
Alexandre Rivas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences
University of Amazonas - Brazil
C.P. 4208, Manaus 69053-140
BRAZIL
+55-92-644 23 22
Fax: +55-92-644 23 84
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.argo.com.br/~alex_mau/alex.htm
http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm
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