The RFP clearly outlines that the winning proposal shouldn't cost the cities any money. The only cost to the cities would be to evaluate and award the right of way and contract. The money comes from (as in other similar awards) the "premium" customers' fees. In fact, the operators of the system are expected to actually pay the cities a share of the premium service fees !!!
The Racetrack pays huge amounts in taxes and generates a huge amount of revenue for the cities of Del Mar, Solana Beach and San Diego... if surfing the web from there costs a little bit (and it won't) then so what. The more services and features the facility offers, the more events they sell, the more events, the more revenue for the cities and surrounding businesses. This is a Win/Win. At 01:58 PM 1/25/2007, you wrote: >My gripe with this is using public tax dollars to pay for something >like this. Do you want to go to the fairgrounds to go to the >fair/watch horses, or to surf the net. If you're surfing the net >from there, I don't believe we the people should pay for it. It is >an older hilly section of town, so I bet dsl isnt available there widely. > >Brian > >Michael J McCafferty wrote: >> >>When I lived in Solana Beach, the cable system s*u*c*k*e*d, and I >>was too far from the CO to get DSL. Wireless would have been a welcome >>service. >>My Dad lives in Del Mar, and while he has DSL, the cable modem >>option still sucks. >> >>The population of both Del Mar and Solana Beach are both very >>small. But, there are millions of visitors to the zip codes each >>year. The Fair, racing season, the Pacific Ocean, hotels and >>conferences, restaurants, etc. >> >>Most cities provide Internet access at the library, why not extend >>that to the outdoors in such a place like Del Mar and Solana Beach >>where it would be a crime to sit inside too many hours per day. >> >>At 08:25 PM 1/24/2007, you wrote: >>>One of the wealthiest communities around, and the gummit is going to >>>offer Internet access for free, to provide citizens a higher level of >>>access? Do they not already have this? >>>I'm probably in the minority here, bit I do not like the idea of >>>government sponsored net access. >>> >>>Brian _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
