WiFi activists on free Web crusade
Source: CNN.com
Thousands of tech enthusiasts across Europe are setting up wireless communities to get free Internet access.
Groups -- from one family to several hundred people -- share a wireless network connection which they say is as free as air.
The ideology behind the movement is to free people from their monthly Internet access charges.
One free Internet movement is a UK-based collective called Consume, led by James Stevens, who says anyone can set up their own open access point and help build wireless communities.
"Anyone with a little techie knowledge can buy a simple base station for just few hundred pounds which acts as the co-coordinator for a wireless network.