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		stan_rogers on Aug 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ignored by big companies, Mexican village creates ... Certainly. You can find more at http://www.marykirk.com/ I became aware of the project because it's being driven (at least in part) by a former colleague in the IBM (Lotus) Notes and Domino development community, "Wild" Bill Buchan. You can find him at http://www.billbuchan.com/

andyking on Aug 30, 2013 [–]

This is fixed wireless internet access, rather than a local GSM network. It's very unlikely that Ofcom would licence a small local mobile network.

stan_rogers on Sept 1, 2013 | [–]

That's the starting point, and one has to start somewhere. (I think the main hope is to shame someone into providing service, but they'll build what they can't get.)

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