Working closely with corporate contributors, individuals,
and the military the Foundation has deployed its first
wireless VOIP telephone and video conferencing services in
an Army Camp located in the Sunni Triangle. The Foundation's
network offers 50 soft-phones and 20 hard-phones, 6 video
conferencing stations, 10 video email stations, and 50
computers with email and internet access. As a result the
more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp will be able to
communicate with their families and loved ones at home on a
regular basis free of charge.
The Foundation's network offers soldiers more than 8,000
miles away the opportunity to participate in milestone
family events such as births, birthdays, weddings and school
graduations. The Foundation's network will soon include
installations at military hospitals here in the United
States, to enable soldiers to interact with their newborn
children and loved ones who have become ill; And,
installations at Family Readiness Centers, to enable
families and loved ones (who do not have broadband
connections at home) to video conference with soldiers.
Future deployments overseas will encompass as many as 200 additional
locations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations where
our overseas troops lack regular communication with their
families and loved ones at home. With your support, we hope
to deploy 1-2 camps per month in the coming months.
Schematic diagram of the foundation's first two deployments can be viewed
here.
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