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Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. Henrik Ibsen NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew ------ Forwarded Message > From: Chris Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: EarthlingZ > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 02:15:37 +0900 > Subject: [TechGnosis] The Welsh get Wired > > from a forum discussion with > Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs: > http://engaged.well.com/engaged/engaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=166&q=0-inkwel > l.vue > 166: > > > #14 of 166: Dave Hughes (dave) Thu 21 Nov 2002 (11:26 PM) > > Howard, in #11 above, notes "Dave Hughes has been selling the Welsh > parliament on a scheme to blanket the entire county with WiFi access" > > Not exactly. I started by showing Welsh people in local Pubs how they > could connect up themselves broadband to the Internet, wirelessly, from > every farmhouse. The word spread - from the bottom up. Welsh BBC (SC4) > came to film me in Colorado. The word spread further. Always built on > the boast I made in a tiny pub on New Years Eve 1997 in a tiny pub, in a > tiny village (Cymduad) one pub, one chapel, one inn that 'I could > connect up every farmhouse in Wales to the Internet, broadband, > bypassing hated British Telecom, cheaply, by turning every Welsh pub > into a wireless ISP.' > > After the Welsh National Assembly (their parliament) heard British > Telecom tell the English Parliment, that unless the government > subsidized them with millions of pounds, there was no way theu could > bring broadband to rural England (including Wales, of course) until > 2022. So the Welsh National Assembly, in effect said "To hell with that. > Where is that crazy American" > > So they paid for me to come over there, make 12 presentations in 5 days, > with dinners, before government, geeks, university aundiences, civic > leaders, south to north. And do a 'model' valley wirelessly. > > And the PEOPLE demanded that the Assembly get them wireless. I only had > to convince the 2d Minister one on one that I knew what I was talking > about - technologically, economically, regulatorily (British and > European Union Radiocomms) - AND CULTURALLY, before he popped for 100 > million pounds for Broadband for Wales, with a big component of linked > satellite-wireless, and a few bones thrown to BT for ADSL. > > I guess I organized a smart mob. I intentionally worked from the bottom > up, not top down. And I drew on all my limited, but historical, > knowledge of Welsh culture, derived from my desultory survery of its > history through the 600 years I can trace my ancestory, (as much, since > 1996 via the soc.culture.wales newsgroup as any other way. > > So I said 'You Welsh like your 'communities.' And you like to do things > by 'councils.' So what is the old Welsh word for 'community?' F-r-o fro. > And how many communities are there with a radius of no more than 3 miles > (a nice wireless distance). 600, they calculated. > > 'Good, I said. We shall have e-Fro's. 600 e-fros, each one organized > into a non-profit e-fro Council, which shall own the server, the base > radio, and be legally responsible for the upstream link. And the SERVER > at the center of each community, shall reflect the unique culture (in > Welsh and English or whatever) of THAT one e-fro community. > > And you can then relate to each other, wirelessly, across the community > go out to the Internet, and grow on your server what you want the rest > of the world to see and know a about you. And sell or give to the world > what you have, or are. Your music, your stories, your bardic traditions, > your writings, your history, your castles, your sheep, your nurse's > shawls, and slate wall hangings. And your Welsh language. > > Well, it appears to have hit a deep nerve midst the Welsh people. For I > started with their culture, their being, and only used wireless and > technology to express it, to make it valuable to others. > > Although I must admit here, that even though I am 4th generation > American, from 13 generations of Welsh on my grandfathers side (Dafydd > ap Hugh, 1585), and about 17 generations on my grandmothers side (Owen > Tudor, 1485) I share with them the feeling of being oppressed by the > haughty English. So with malice aforthought am seeing whether > 'Electronic Wales' can become independent of England. So smart mobbery > may turn out to be a bit more than that in the long run. > > (You can see the e-fro formal program at www.e-fro.cd, text, stills, and > videos on a couple of my speeches.) > > > > > Has this message been forwarded to you? > Why not check out the TechGnosis List? > > HOME PAGE: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/TechGnosis > VIEW MESSAGES & ATTACHMENTS ONLINE: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TechGnosis/messages > POST MESSAGES at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TechGnosis/post or send to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SUBSCRIBE to TechGnosis List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TechGnosis/join > > "Nobody EXPECTS the Spanish Inquisition" > -Monty Python-- > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------ End of Forwarded Message <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. 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