Da Fon
I tend to think of technology as a big waste of time. I would be surprised if anyone’s life has been improved by the gadgets pumped out of our consumer culture. Having said that, I’m also a bit of an optimist. The toys we build ourselves have so much potential. That’s why I’m weirdly excited about Fon. In a nutshell, it’s a for-profit WiFi sharing network, that provides wireless routers that allow personal and public use of existing access points.
Best of all, these access points are being given away for free. Go get one! Set it up! Give people access to your bandwidth! The source for their firmware can be found on their website.
I’d rather use a truely community oriented infrastructure, but Ottawa doesn’t seem to have an active community wifi group. =(
