QUOTED “What kind of message will we, de-facto representatives of the international community in Afghanistan, send when the network finally goes down? A message of fatigue and abandonment.”
— Una Vera Moore<http://click1.newsletters.siliconvalley.com/bzgdfgztccdyqmlbyjkqlystvsydnkvqnjgkmngpdzlfbll_qpdvdsdvvhsg.html>, a development worker in Afghanistan, on what appears to be the impending demise of JLink, a free WiFi network in the eastern city of Jalalabad. JLink — a DIY network<http://click1.newsletters.siliconvalley.com/djrghcjnddgfmwpsfrkmpflnzlfgbkzmbrckwbctgjphsph_qpdvdsdvvhsg.html>that Moore says has enabled a “nascent community of tech entrepreneurs” in the war-torn nation — was partly funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation and is being supported by the Synergy Strike Force<http://click1.newsletters.siliconvalley.com/mpywynpkbbwldvqsltgdqlzkmzlwjgmdjtngvjncwpqysqt_qpdvdsdvvhsg.html>, a group Wired says is composed of tech evangelists and altruists. But as the group looks for continued funding, San Franciscan Todd Huffman of the SSF says “we have had zero luck in finding anyone willing to support bandwidth costs for Afghanistan.”
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