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This is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexican pueblo built its own autonomous cell phone network—without help from telecom companies or the government. Anthropologist Roberto J. González paints a vivid and nuanced picture of life in a Oaxaca mountain village and the collective tribulation, triumph, and tragedy the community experienced in pursuit of getting connected. In doing so, this book captures the challenges and contradictions facing Mexico's indigenous peoples today, as they struggle to wire themselves into the 21st century using mobile technologies, ingenuity, and sheer determination. It also holds a broader lesson about the great paradox of the digital age, by exploring how constant connection through virtual worlds can hinder our ability to communicate with those around us.

Cell phone systems. --- 21st century mexican culture. --- 21st century mexican society. --- anthropology. --- autonomous cell phone network. --- autonomy. --- backlash. --- cell network. --- cell phone network. --- communication. --- community. --- connections. --- digital age. --- getting connected. --- historical context. --- indigenous peoples. --- ingenuity. --- innovation. --- mexican pueblo. --- mexico. --- mobile technologies. --- native peoples. --- networks. --- oaxaca mountain village. --- oaxaca. --- rural latin america. --- sheer determination. --- social anthropology. --- technology. --- tragedy. --- tribulation. --- triumph. --- virtual worlds.