Rob Flickenger’s skepticism over CringelyNet leads him to create a realistic version of long-haul WiFi in Sonoma County:
In Sebastopol, being neighborly has gone beyond sharing a cup of herbal tea. People today share high-speed Internet access.
Using a garden-variety wireless technology popularly called WiFi, tech-savvy, community-minded Sebastopol residents are creating a free wireless Internet network dubbed NoCat.
For those not in the know, Flickenger is the sys admin for O’Reilly, the tech book publisher, and he’s been around this stuff forever.
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