Definition: Free Network

ideas to think about, make better, hack on, from venessa miemis: – access to a global communication infrastructure should be a human right – i should be able to exchange value directly with a peer without third party involvement – i should have control over the data that i generate – it is my right …

Event: 27 Apr DC FCC Workshop on Modernizing Universal Service into a Connect America Fund

For folks who want to get involved with reforming the mess that is Universal Service Fund (USF), this is for you. Intercarrier Compensation/Universal Service Fund Reform Workshop April 27, 2011 / 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM EDT / 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 The second of three workshops on Universal Service reform will …

Identity Authentication–People, Data, Context

Contribution to Google Group Next Net There are eight intelligence tribes, each of which has its own authentication procedures at top and sub-levels..  Academic, civil society (including hybrid networks, labor unions and religions), commerce (both legal and illegal), government (at all levels on all issues), law enforcement (including badge versus non-badge), media (including bloggers), and …

Houston grandmother is nation’s first ‘Super Wi-Fi’ user

Houston grandmother Leticia Aguirre began hosting what’s believed to be the nation’s first residential “Super Wi-Fi” hot spot this month. Super Wi-Fi, a long-range, wall-piercing version of Wi-Fi that is broadcast on unused TV channels, could be a boon for both rural and urban residents who lack broadband access. Credit: Jade Boyd/Rice University When the …