brazilian wifi

巴西巴西貧民窟 政府架設無線網路
公視 (2009-03-19 23:20)
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一度有金磚四國美譽的南美巴西，國內卻有多個大型貧民窟，居民生活條件惡劣。不過里約熱內盧的一處貧民窟，在當地政府努力下，終於有了無線上網功能，也意外成為全球最大網路社區。 巴西的聖塔馬他貧民窟，就位於世界七大奇景之一，里約熱內盧耶穌像的下方，當地有10萬居民在惡劣的條件下生活。但里約當局從去年開始投資了21.8萬美金，折合約737萬台幣，架設了16支無線網路天線，讓當地的孩子也能上網做功課。 我上網去瀏覽網站，看很多東西，跟學校的研究。 去年11月巴西警方埋伏在聖塔馬他貧民窟，掃蕩幫派毒梟，期間警方驚訝的發現當地根本毫無網路設備，因此決定發起網路計畫，也意外讓聖塔馬他成為全球最大的無線網路社區。 我們做過一些研究，發現聖塔馬他可能是世界上最大的無線網路社區，也顯示出巴西里約當局，是網路普及化的先驅。 巴西官方數據顯示，南美洲目前有將近60%的人口，根本還沒有接觸過網路。儘管巴西政府希望把聖塔馬他模式，移植到其他貧民區，但由於經費不足，因此短時間內，這目標還無法達成。


http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/2009-03-18/260ea03.html
3150-BRAZIL-WI-FI SLUMS

MOD-DATE: 03/18/09 18:45:41



LIFE-MAR18-3150-BRAZIL-WI-FI SLUMS

LIFE: STORY 3150


3150-BRAZIL-WI-FI SLUMS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
RECENT
NATURAL WITH PORTUGUESE SPEECH
DURATION:02:02


SOURCE:REUTERS

INTRO:
HEADLINE: Rio de Janeiro slum gets free wireless Internet connection.



TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**NONE**~

The Brazilian government takes free wireless Internet to a Rio de Janeiro
slum as part of an experiment they plan to extend to other favelas.

SHOWS:
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. WIFI BROADCAST ANTENNAS WITH CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE IN
BACKGROUND
2. GENERAL VIEW OF SANTA MARTA SLUM
3. CHILD HANGING A BLANKET FROM BALCONY
4. TRAM CAR USED BY RESIDENTS TO REACH TOP OF SLUM
5. CHILDREN USING PUBLIC COMPUTERS INSIDE SLUM
6. CLOSE OF WIFI RECEIVER ANTENNAS
7. CLOSE OF SLUM WIFI PROJECT NAME ON COMPUTER SCREEN
8. CLOSE OF BOY'S HAND ON MOUSE
9. CLOSE OF BOY'S FACE
10. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) 11-YEAR-OLD SLUM RESIDENT, WILLIAM MACHADO,
SAYING:
"I access Orkut (networking website), many things, school
research…"
11. VARIOUS OF WILLIAM MACHADO USING COMPUTER
12. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) RIO DE JANEIRO'S SECRETARY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, RUBENS ANDRADE, SAYING:
"We did some research and found out that Santa Marta is most
likely the largest community with (free) WiFi internet in the world. This
shows the state of Rio, Brazil, is a leader in democratizing internet
access."
13. VARIOUS OF SLUM RESIDENT, THIAGO FIRMINO, WALKING THROUGH SLUM WITH HIS
LAPTOP COMPUTER
14. SLUM RESIDENT, THIAGO FIRMINO, USING HIS LAPTOP
15. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) SLUM RESIDENT, THIAGO FIRMINO, SAYING:
"It's not like it's a bogeyman. It's something we now have. It's
something we imagined only rich people, people with money had, and we now saw
that it isn't, that it is something simple that we can now benefit from. It's
like we now have one foot out the door. We can access the world."
16. SLUM HOUSES
17. RESIDENTS IN SLUM ALLEYWAY
18. GENERAL VIEW OF SLUM WITH SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND
19. GIRL OBSERVING SLUM FROM ROOFTOP
20. HOUSE WITH CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE IN BACKGROUND
21. SLUM HOUSES SEEN FROM TRAM CAR

STORY: The nearly 10,000 residents of the Santa Marta slum in Rio de
Janeiro can now navigate the Internet from any spot on the steep maze of
shacks that lies under the Christ the Redeemer statue.
The $218,000-dollar free WiFi project is part of a wider experimental
program launched by Rio's state government in late 2008 to transform the
city's violent favelas.
In November, the police invaded the Santa Marta community, drove out
the Red Command drug gang and surprised residents by staying in the slum,
starting a plan they intend to expand to other slums.
According to government officials, unlimited Internet access will also
be offered in other poor areas such as the famed City of God and Rocinha
slums.
Sitting in a small room set up at the community's entrance, 11-year-old
William Machado checked his emails and did research for a school project on
one of the eight computers installed by the government.
"I access Orkut (networking website), many things, school
research…," he said.
The sixteen WiFi antennas distributed throughout the hillside community
are likely to improve the life of a population once muzzled by drug war.
Rio's Secretary of Science and Technology, Rubens Andrade, said Brazil
was leading global efforts to democratize Internet access.
"We did some research and found out that Santa Marta is most
likely the largest community with (free) WiFi internet in the world. This
shows the state of Rio, Brazil, is a leader in democratizing internet
access," he said.
But the latest figures from the government's statistic agency show that
nearly 60 percent of the South American country's population has never had
access to the Internet.
And for the millions who live in Rio's crime-ridden slums, free
broadband connection is far from being a top concern.
Thiago Firmino, one of the few Santa Marta residents who owns a laptop,
said wireless broadband seemed out of reach for the favela and that the
initiative took him by surprise.
"It's not like it's a bogeyman. It's something we now have. It's
something we imagined only rich people, people with money had, and we now saw
that it isn't, that it is something simple that we can now benefit from. It's
like we now have one foot out the door," he said, while chatting with
friends online.
But the government's plan to drive out drug gangs and offer free
Internet connection still faces major challenges. The German complex and many
of Rio's nearly 1,000 other slums are far bigger and less contained than the
hillside Santa Marta, and the police suffer from a lack of training and
resources.