Thanks, Mike. The list is in no particular order. Just stuff I thought was important and/or interesting.
The work that PersonalTelco has done is groundbreaking and truly inspirational. I only wish I could be something other than a fanboy. I know that the hundreds - if not thousands - of hours of free labor and professional expertise are under appreciated. But it put Portland on the map. Nobody can take that away from PTP. Giving the gift of bandwidth is a gift that keeps on giving! - Sam ------ On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Michael Weinberg <[email protected] > wrote: > Personal Telco was listed in the Grass Roots WiFi section of this > Daily Wireless Top-Ten list: > > http://www.dailywireless.org/2009/12/15/top-ten-wifi-stories-of-the-decade/ > > While I would argue with the placement of Grass Roots as #9 (if the > list is in order), it's always nice to see community efforts > acknowledged. WiFi has become so commonplace, especially in public > areas, that it is sometimes easy to forget all that Community Wireless > groups, like Personal Telco, did to create what is now a defacto > standard in coffeeshops and many other locations. Before Starbucks, > McDonald's or the Portland Airport offered free WiFi, PTP volunteers > were convincing individuals and businesses to offer up free access via > WiFi. Without CWNs, most of the other things on this list might not > have happened, and probably would have been delayed by a few years. We > were really on the cutting edge when we started in 2000, and we're > still going strong while many others with big capital have had their > plans dashed by a lack of understanding of the market and the > real-world application of the technology. > > CWN efforts have also contributed to a number of the successful > businesses using or selling unlicensed wireless equipment (Meraki, > Stephouse and Metrix come to mind immediately). > > So go ahead and reread that list, starting with #1 then jumping to #9, > then go back to the top and realize how much of the last decade's > wireless world was ushered in by volunteers working locally to make > their communities a little more connected. > > It's been a great decade! > > -- > Michael Weinberg > Volunteer > Personal Telco Project, Inc. > A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit > > -- > The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ > Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate > Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ > Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette > List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Sam Churchill (www.dailywireless.org) -- The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
