Check out this article on high tech anarchy protests during the RNC Convention in NYC. While I don’t condone the illegal uses (e.g., breaking in on protected licensed frequencies), I do applaud the many creative uses of wireless networking — made possible by the FCC unlicensed rules.
And I’m off on vacation, culminating in the community wireless summit. No doubt I’ll have loads to wax eloquent about when I return.
Stay tuned . . .
It was not always so. Nor is it always so, which is why so many people are surprised at certain rulings. But it is increasingly so, to the detriment of the legitimacy of our institutions.
I suppose there’s good money in it but pretending to believe that federal appellate court rulings are about “the law” or something other than partisanship and ideology must be exhausting.
So apparently, Boris Johnson getting ready to do "Weekend at Bernie's." (This mostly a comment on how they keep saying everything is just a "precautionary measure." Right.)
Quoted in this terrific article about rural broadband in the time of Coronavirus:
Digital divide: Rural broadband in the time of coronavirus https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/internet/rural-broadband-coronavirus/
@C_Szymanski says that under the proposed FCC rules, Americans will have access to 5G services indoors. WISPs, other rural broadband providers, & cities providing community networks will be able to provide gigabit speeds using connections we’ve never seen before. #NextGenWiFi
My only comment is that this stuff intrigues the hell out of me and I don’t understand it nearly as well as I want to. Therefore if I can make it out to Illinois for this conference I will do so. If not, I’ll hope to catch up with y’all at worldcon and get myself more properly informed then.