NY Times story confirms AOL/Time-Warner letter to free wireless redistributors of their service: as noted a few days ago, AOL/TW notified a customer that his redistribution of their service over free wireless was a violation of their terms of service. They also insinuated and threatened other actions and problems. The NY Times story confirms that a number of people received these letters. In the general style of large firm paranoia versus small firm fleetness, enjoy the quote from the end of the story:

[80211b News]

Instructive UN stats on the digital divide

“Despite considerable progress in recent years, access to ICTs, notably the telephone, mobile phone, Internet and broadcast networks, remains unequally distributed[3]. There are, for example, more televisions in Brazil; more fixed line telephones in Italy; more mobile phones in Korea; and greater Internet connectivity in Luxembourg; than in the whole continent of Africa.” [Source.]