Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:40:01 -0800
From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] CF Wireless Card for Libretto 50??

Matthew Hanson wrote:

> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:14:50 +0000
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] CF Wireless Card for Libretto 50??
>
> Wow... you're out in Long Beach Chester?  I was out there for a couple of
> years.  They out to be about ready to set things up for the races at this
> point.
>
> So who pays for all this free Internet access?  The local Chambers of
> Commerce and local taxpayers?
>
> Matt

I'm not in Long Beach, actually I live much further north in a beautiful little
Victorian seaport town - Port Townsend, Washington. I do keep up with tech stuff
though and found out about the Long Beach project in November when I was in
Southern CA on a biz/grandson trip! I followed what they were doing right up to
the grand unveiling of their wireless system this week. Pretty exciting stuff -
I wish our city fathers had that much vision!

Local government is footing the bill for the Long Beach project but it sounds
like they have some good partnerships with local tech companies and businesses
who will benefit but as it spreads to the rest of Long Beach there will be costs
to the local taxpayers. However, this would be offset by free access to the
internet. I think the whole idea is great in that it gives the chance for all
the citizens there to have web access with all of the possibilities that will
bring, culturally, economically and socially! You can read up on it at
http://www.m-travel.com/30107.shtml

Chester





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