{"id":224,"date":"2006-02-16T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.2\/en\/?p=224"},"modified":"2006-02-16T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T13:42:40","slug":"marko-ahtisaari-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Marko Ahtisaari, Leading Fonero in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have known Marko<\/a> for years. I have tremendous admiration for him. Marko is one of those unusual techies who can combine art and technology. When Marko talks to you about things on the net he is aware not only of the technology platform underneath the site but his insight also combines a thorough understanding of design and social function. In the past I have frequently consulted with Marko on many ideas for different ventures. Indeed when I first thought of FON as a pan European WiMax operator Marko was a great critic of that project, positive yet clearly pointing out to me the difficulties of WiMax as a new technology. And when I thought of the “second coming” of FON as a software download that turns wifi routers into members of a global family of routers who share wifi Marko was much more enthusiastic. Now let me disclose exactly what arrangement we have with Marko. Marko is a full time employee of Nokia, not of FON. His job as a lead fonero is similar to an advisory board position, Marko will advise FON on how to start the FON movement in Finland. For those in Finland reading this post and unaware of FON let me explain that FON is a global community of people who share wifi freely with each other. But FON is a private company belonging to its employees, Skype, Google, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and the fonero leaders in each country and the for profit element of FON comes from users who are not wifi donors. We share those with fixed and eventually mobile operators who will partner with us. <\/p>\n

So welcome Marko to FON and we stand ready to support you in explaining FON to the Finish people so we can turn Helsinki and other cities into shared wifi areas. <\/p>\n

FON, share little, gain a lot.<\/p>\n

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