According to this story on Wi-Fi Networking News, Less Networks is a Austin, Texas based community wireless effort,.
It’s a volunteer-based company that develops simple solutions that let café owners give away wireless internet access, while providing a bit of control over spammers, abuse etc., i.e. simple free wireless with management.
They also provide volunteers to help café owners actually set up the networks.
This is a pretty cool idea, and the name Less Networks, is pretty close to our own wire.less.dk (or less.dk for short).
I like the idea of helping café owners provide free wireless, as a way to spread the gospel to the community. Let’s not underestimate the value of showcases that visualize how much cooler free networking is, when compared to commercial hotspot services.
keep it up guys 🙂
[via WiFi Networking News]
More credit goes to the Austin Wireless City Project (http://www.austinwirelesscity.org) than Wi-Fi Networking News gave it. This is a volunteer organization that is charged with improving the quality and availability of publicly-available free wifi in Austin. While we appreciate all the wonderful things being said about Less Networks (http://www.lessnetworks.com), the success in Austin wouldn’t be possible without the feet-on-the-street of the Wireless City Project. It’s our hope that the Project becomes a model for other cities.