[wsfii-discuss] Fwd: [india-gii] wireless connectivity.. Is 802.11n the end of ethernet?

Sat Sep 29 21:10:48 UTC 2007

kloschi wrote:

>> Anybody interested in setting up Fon (http://www.fon.com) in India?
>> That's probably the simplest community mesh wifi network around, 

Fon is in the default mode just in normal managed mode - you might be
confusing Fon with Meraki?

               srs
> 
> hello ram :)
> 
> fon is a top-down comercial oriented "community building" enterprise. if
> we talk _free_ information infrastructures I would avoid that kind of
> attitude from the beginning. 
> with the freifunk firmware and a website (wiki) in the local language
> that kind of community could grow by itself, without having external
> comercial attitude, imho. at least thats what happened all over germany
> and in many other countries as well with civil society based
> approaches .. the networks just grew by the interest of the
> participants / number of users or enthusiasts. and still grow.
> 
> <rant>
> why stumbling from one non-democratic situation into the next? as you
> might know, google and skype invented millions into the fon company,
> and .. well "they do not evil" .. 
> </rant>
> 
> ;) you know what I mean.
> 
>

I know what you mean :-)

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Gregers Petersen
DIIRWB International-Coordinator
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