Tomi Ahonen recounts a story he heard about life in Senegal.
It seems an enterprising farmer in a village out of range of mobiles has discovered that if he climbs into a tree, he can get the necessary signal to make calls.
He has therefore built a tree-house and rents his personal phone to his fellow villagers, who climb up the ladder to the top of the tree and sit in his tree house to make their calls. They pay him in cash, he bicycles to the nearby town to buy more pre-pay vouchers as needed.
Cool, huh?
A bit like the Phone Ladies of India.
On a similar note, Engadget shows this photo – apparently of a solar powered pay phone on Lake Victoria. Personally, I’m a little sceptical on this one 🙂
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