Editing FabFi (section)

== Background ==

In January 2009, the Jalalabad FabLab wanted to bring high-speed internet to a village, hospital, university, and an NGO in the city.  It used this low-cost design, building on a system designed to track sheep in Norway.  The system could be easily extended to other villages and towns, and was designed to work consistently through heavy rain, smog, and trees.

Community members who used the fab lab received training and experience with the system for a month, after which they were given control and maintenance of it.  Many locations began to join the initial nodes, expanding the mesh over the coming months.  The longest link in the system was set up early on, between the FabLab and the water tower at the public hospital in Jalalabad.