[GNUz] [Fwd: [IP] TAIPEI'S CITY-WIDE WI-FI PASSES TEST]

[Don Gould]

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Rik Tindall wrote:
> Don Gould wrote:
> 
>> Another one joins the race...
>>
>> TAIPEI'S CITY-WIDE WI-FI PASSES TEST
>>
>> A number of cities around the world have boasted of plans to roll out
>> Wi-Fi networks to make life easier for their citizens. But Taipei, the
>> capital of Taiwan, is the first city to actually do it, according to
>> Wi-Fi hotspot directory JiWire, which flew a crew in to test the
>> system.
>>
>> <http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=12D32BB:1F30685>
> 
> 
> This is what has many if us confused Don. Is it a community or a 
> commercial wireless network that you aspire to run?

I don't 'aspire' to run anything.

I do run my own community network.  It even has internet access on it 
that users get for free (unless you're Joanna of course, because it gets 
charged to her credit card).

I can understand your issue thou, history has shown in New Zealand that 
people can't be trusted as far as you can throw them in the community area.

There have been lots of guys who have stood up and asked for and given 
community support to build internet technology up, commericialised it, 
forgeten about the orginal users, sold off their empire and then moved on.

I often wonder how many of those big ISPs around the world that have 
built their fortunes on OSS, FLOSS, FOSS have ever bother to put money 
back into the guys who did the work.

It's very common for people to be resentful of people who stand up to 
run community projects in this space.

I've also had it commented that some people can be very hard to give 
support to.  This can also lead to people wondering who they are and 
who's really behind them.

This is why I have stated at all levels (including conversations with 
the guys in the Ministers office in Wellington) that my project is an 
open source project and I will provide support to people who want to set 
up the same thing as I'm doing in direct competition....  I think I made 
Frank March's (MED policy maker in Wellington) day with that view.

Most people think I'm nuts don't get why I would do that.  Many realise 
I've got another agenda but then can't work out what it is and are to 
afraid to ask.  If they do ask they then either don't understand or 
don't believe me.

> And how much Amway product will you need to move through the new channel 
> to justify your efforts?

I didn't work out how much Amway product we'd have to move to justify 
our involvement in Amway.  However we haven't moved enough to justify 
signing up for a second year.  I also didn't like the way they operated. 
  I was very embarrassed the way one guy turned up in the midst of a 
meeting I was having one day with Rik.

I see value in systems like Amway to learn stuff but those guys aren't 
that good at learning from customers.

Amway is one of many vehicles I've been setting up to empower people to 
support my projects.

I've been empowering people to get better value from telecommuications 
and IT for 20 years.  Most people in this space don't have that agenda.

It's fun to see people enjoying technology...

I just got off a confrence skype call with my mother and brother - she's 
in Wellington, he's in Kawakawa.


Cheers Don



-- 
Don Gould
www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - 
www.bowenvale.co.nz - SkypeMe:  ThinkDesignPrint


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