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2002 Computer
Shipment |
May 2002 Computer Shipment
to Nigeria
In May of 2002, the WiderNet Project packed and
shipped over 300 computers to two different universities in Nigeria.
The computers were collected from private and corporate donors from
the surrounding area. All of the computers donated are Pentium
I or better machines, so they will be of much use to the receiving
universities. The two universities who plan to
split the computers evenly are the University of Jos and the University
of Ibadan.
Local volunteers worked hundreds of hours to make sure
that each computer was working properly and that functioning network
cards were installed. The 3Com Corporation donated 200 network
cards to insure that every computer shipped could easily be linked to
each other and any existing network infrastructure at the universities.
Volunteers also specially wrapped each individual monitor with bubble
wrap and securely packed the PC's into a cargo container. The
cargo container was taken by truck and train to the coast, where it was
shipped to Nigeria. The two receiving universities split the cost
of shipping the computers.
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