[January 2, 2005]

"Wi-Fi's visionaries believe the technology is more than an extension of the internet; it is a whole new level of information exchange. Sascha Meinrath, president of the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), an Illinois-based urban networking project, surmised: 'The Internet wired geographical locations. Wireless connects individuals, and it's a very different phenomenon.' Meinrath said he sees a 'battle brewing' between the major telephone and cable companies on one hand and a rising generation of digital progressives who champion community-based networks."

—Michelle Chen of INTHEFRAY and the Free Expression Policy Project
in the online newsletter Dissident Voice