Wally Bowen is one of western NC's best known media activists, and a very successful entrepreneur to boot. He founded the Mountain Area Information Network, a local non-profit provider of internet services (wireless, broadband, dialup, email accounts, website hosting, etc.).
In places like Bakersville, the reason that wireless internet access is there is because of his efforts--the big corporations wouldn't touch a place like Bakersville when he first founded MAIN, because it would be "unprofitable." Wally is a very frequent visitor to Raleigh, where he works to help the "elected ones" understand the importance of local access to broadband.
Wally has a great presentation called "A Progressive Response To An Undemocratic Media," which you can find here. It is a serious, enlightened analysis. Take a look and think about our media options here in the High Country.
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