Hi Rich & all,
This is interesting and ofc ourse culturally significant...
I think that one should remember or even acknowledged that, there is
another aspect of alternative culture that is less based around
corporate positioning and more about empoerment and dstribution,
regarding wireless access. With groups such as the boundless co
operative group, who are already pretty dynamic in creating independent
uses of this technology, in a ditributive way - http://boundless.coop/
I am not dissing Pipex but I think that it would be good if we were more
conscious/active/creative minds taking more control over the technology
that we use.
I know that this Pipex move into Milton Keynes is obviously
mainstream-mass mediation, rather than people taking control of their
own voices and situations - but it is most definately re-assuring that
there are alternatives out there - people who are actively engaged in
changing culture on a grass roots level as well.
marc
>Milton Keynes looks set to become the first British town to get a
high-speed
>wireless network based on so-called Wimax technology.
>Net connection firm Pipex is to trial a network in the town, which
should be up
>and running by the end of 2006.
>
>Unlike wi-fi technology, Wimax offers high-speed net access over long
distances,
>instead of just a few metres.
>
>Pipex said it hoped to have Wimax deployed in eight UK towns by 2008.
>
>more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5271894.stm
>
>
>rich
>http://www.counterwork.co.uk
>07812444612
>
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>
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