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CNN.com – At 74, Internet cowboy spreads wireless – Jan. 26, 2003<\/a><\/p>\n

Now here’s what I call a good guy. Dave Hughes has done some pretty amazing stuff<\/a> with wireless in various parts of the world. He’s one of those guys that is right out there at the frontline of this wireless thing that’s happening, and even though i’m not a huge fan of sprouting ideals like “Universal Access”, how can you not respect a guy that says stuff like this:<\/p>\n

“Don’t Americans always say if we can improve communications among peoples, we can clear up misunderstandings? Why don’t we do a 100 percent test of that thesis?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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