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I met Martin Varsavky in Spain at the Madrid Summit. He was one of the organizers. He’s one of the enterprenuers I admire and try to mimic, although on a much smaller scale

I am really excited about his latest project, FON which has a good chance of becoming a global WiFi network built by its community. Actually I have recently become very passionate about the idea for a few reasons.

The government should be spending our tax money on things more critical, like lowering taxes on gasoline (Philly which is sponsering a WiFi network has one of the highest gas taxes in the country) or transportion fees (MetroCard in NYC will be more then $2.00 a ride soon), lowering home heating cost (in the thousands of dollars for a small home). Technology alone can’t improve our lives.

The FON technology allows you to upgrade you wireless access point to make it part of a global network of access points. In exchange for adding your wireless access point to the network you gain access to everyone elses. You have the choice of charging people to use your network, or you can do it just because you have the spare bandwitdh. For example, if your home is located near a school, the school children could use the access point while you are at work! I think its a wonderful idea. But my passion can sometimes blind me, I would like to know if anyone else has any thoughts on this…