LOL! Agree! It's time to change. What's holding it back? Everyone seems to havee decided to wait and allow the large oligarchs to do it. Big mistake. Once again.
We've the power to decide the future, if we accept it. Networks are going to be governed by at least one political subdivision. Count on it. I suggest we embrace municipalities, and direct, even control, their power. They can effectively argue with the State, to which they're politically apart. They can be heard over the din of the Feds too, because of media. Municipalities will probably end up with responsibility... which is preferable to the Feds. We are too busy thinking about nodes, and letting the future take care of itself. Experience shows this is a mistake. Advocacy is required. Strategy must be as sneaky as that of the FCC. We should embrace the municipality... but control the process. We shouldn't wait for federal direction, whether overt, or covert through large oligarchies. Deployment can't be lightly undertaken. Broadband is a vital necessity. And, a municipal network also provides a community platform, which allows local businesses an equitable opportunity to provision the applications, content and services in competition with large, monolithic, national and international providers. A municipality is responsible to prevent the export of sales, taxes, employment, development and it's residents (to more economically developed regions). A community platform residing on a municipal network achieves equitability and, by enfranchising local stakeholders, creates a real impetus for universal adoption. And then we can auth devices too (benefits municipal networks)! [Auth devices, not just user ID's. It'll save money, increase security, bring down user costs, create impetus for adoption/familiarization, and help achieve equitability in access to services.] Alan --- evilbunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Alan, > > I don't see mass adoption happening any time soon, > although MS might have a thing or 2 to say about it, > then most people I doubt would trust MS as far as it > can secure them already, oh wait it can't... > > Half the reason decent crypto isn't more widely > spread was in part due to stupid crypto laws in the > US... > > Hardware crypto devices are fairly limited in any > case as to what they can protect us from, usually > they are used in self serving interests of money or > power grabbing exercises... RSA/Verisign and > Paladin... > -- > Best regards, > evilbunny > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 6:53:08 AM, you wrote: > > Auth devices, not just user ID's. It'll save > money, increase security, bring down user costs, > create impetus for adoption/familiarization, and > help achieve equitability in access to services. > Alan -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
