[wsfii-coord] Wired article on mesh

[Laird Brown]

On 21-Aug-06, at 11:39 AM, Vic Cris wrote:

> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/18/dalai_lama_issues_su.html
>
> More from Xeni, this time on Boingboing, on HH's
> letter of support.

Dang, we'll have to get Xeni on the payroll :)

I've set up an "in the press" page on the site under "about" which is  
still in development.

Also set up a Google alert under "air jaldi summit" to catch any  
press mentions, so hopefully we'll be able to track everything.

The press release announcing keynoters and a few speakers is being  
circulated for comments/criticism. I should have the finished version  
ready to go out tomorrow and posted here.

L.

>
> --- Jim Forster <forster at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>>>
>>
> http://wired.com/news/technology/0,71608-0.html?tw=wn_index_1
>>>
>>> One more showing up tomorrow in re: the
>> summit/workshop. The media
>>> ball is starting to roll.
>>
>> That's great!
>>
>> Just to remind everyone not to believe something
>> just because it's
>> "in print", this part of Xeni's story is, I would
>> say, a wild
>> exageration:
>>
>>> Attempts to deploy similar community wireless
>> networks in America
>>> have been blocked repeatedly by national phone
>> carriers. It takes a
>>> big company like Google to build citywide Wi-Fi
>> networks (the
>>> company launched its first in Mountain View,
>> California, this week).
>>
>> It's true that phone companies have tried to block
>> some of these
>> nets; in some cases they've succeeded or caused
>> unfortunate and silly
>> restrictions.   It's also true that some of the
>> efforts to block
>> municipal nets have been blocked.   At any rate,
>> municipal wireless
>> networks are springing up like weeds this year, and
>> that's on top of
>> a base of 4,000 - 6,000 small private commercial
>> Wireless ISPs,
>> generally in rural areas.
>>
>>    -- Jim
>>
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