Comment Trust or No Trust? (Score 1) 432
Did they deactivate W.I.R.E.D.site comments due to traffic overload?
"You've been slashdoted!" :o)) rotfl
Here it was:
Yes, stop the paranoia and let's dare share. Here's my experience about it and I also joined FON last year : http://www.ozons.be/
(Seldom anybody connecting to my free AP while I was sharing/monitoring it anyway! :o) And everyone's free to choose for its own best comfort of use and security settings - of course. In Europe legal constraints look more loose than in the US though.
The problem here in northern Europe is about "predictability" : you know for sure you won't easily find a free wifi access or even in a café... So you just can't rely on it and don't use mobile networking so much which is a pity (same situation for 3 years, evolving very slowly) GSM 3G/3G+ unlimited accesses are catching up (in France) and will beat wifi or wimax as it goes.
The weather also has its impact on it : FON is developing fast in Spain where you just can go around and temperatures are ok 10 months of the year... While it's not very popular and appealing in Belgium or even less in Scotland/Sweden where you barely stay outside!! (nothing against Scottish though, just an example ;)
The experiment in Oulu, Finland is interesting{another comment describing citywide free wifi). ISPs must not be very happy about it? Well only they get their revenues from the city instead of individuals. It's Welfare State applied to ICT technologies - after health care.
In the end it comes down to our very relationship towards others and our society as a whole.
(Same example with Chicago{+} / New York{-} trust perception difference mentioned in another post. It's all in our heads!? ;-)
Are we willing to share and trust other unkown people? (And the other way around : will those/we people be gentle and not abuse sharedAPs in terms of bandwith and usage?) Or do we mistrust and fear "the others"/"aliens" outside and just barricade behind firewalls/fences?...
Everybody (and History?) has its own answer...
As The Beattles would say : "All you need is love, tu tu du du du !..."
Thanks Bruce for the article and indeed, let's try and make the world a better place!? :-p
"You've been slashdoted!"
Here it was:
Yes, stop the paranoia and let's dare share. Here's my experience about it and I also joined FON last year : http://www.ozons.be/
(Seldom anybody connecting to my free AP while I was sharing/monitoring it anyway!
The problem here in northern Europe is about "predictability" : you know for sure you won't easily find a free wifi access or even in a café... So you just can't rely on it and don't use mobile networking so much which is a pity (same situation for 3 years, evolving very slowly) GSM 3G/3G+ unlimited accesses are catching up (in France) and will beat wifi or wimax as it goes.
The weather also has its impact on it : FON is developing fast in Spain where you just can go around and temperatures are ok 10 months of the year... While it's not very popular and appealing in Belgium or even less in Scotland/Sweden where you barely stay outside!! (nothing against Scottish though, just an example
The experiment in Oulu, Finland is interesting{another comment describing citywide free wifi). ISPs must not be very happy about it? Well only they get their revenues from the city instead of individuals. It's Welfare State applied to ICT technologies - after health care.
In the end it comes down to our very relationship towards others and our society as a whole.
(Same example with Chicago{+} / New York{-} trust perception difference mentioned in another post. It's all in our heads!?
Are we willing to share and trust other unkown people? (And the other way around : will those/we people be gentle and not abuse sharedAPs in terms of bandwith and usage?) Or do we mistrust and fear "the others"/"aliens" outside and just barricade behind firewalls/fences?...
Everybody (and History?) has its own answer...
As The Beattles would say : "All you need is love, tu tu du du du !..."
Thanks Bruce for the article and indeed, let's try and make the world a better place!?
