That would be great if my tax dollars didn't have to pay for roads, sidewalks, parks and libraries! Where do you find them!
-- James Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Thor Kristjansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:20 PM > To: Jim Henry > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Philly wants to be the biggest hot spot > > > > I hear some of those commies have even installed free roads and > sidewalks! Some cities even contain parks and libraries open to the > public. > > -- Daniel > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Jim Henry wrote: > > ]Yep, or maybe the government can start giving me my > electricity, water, > ]phone, and food for free too! > ] > ]-- > ]James Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > ] > ] > ]> -----Original Message----- > ]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dustin > ]> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:55 PM > ]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Philly wants to be the biggest hot spot > ]> > ]> > ]> Big telecom has been fighting municipally financed telecom > ]> infrastructure through legal and legislative channels for > ]> years. Mostly > ]> the focus has been on preventing local gov from deploying broadband > ]> fiber plant that can be shared by providers. I guarantee they > ]> will fight > ]> this with everything available. > ]> > ]> - Dustin - > ]> > ]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ]> > ]> > Can't believe no one else sent this yet. > ]> > > ]> > > ]> http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/09/01/wireless.citie > ]s.ap/index.html > ]> > ]> > ]> > ]> PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- For about $10 million, > city officials > ]believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia > into the world's > ]largest wireless Internet hot spot. > ]> > ]> The ambitious plan, now in the works, would involve > placing hundreds, or > ]maybe thousands of small transmitters around the city -- > probably atop > ]lampposts. Each would be capable of communicating with the wireless > ]networking cards that now come standard with many computers. > ]> > ]> Once complete, the network would deliver broadband Internet almost > ]anywhere radio waves can travel -- including poor neighborhoods where > ]high-speed Internet access is now rare. > ] > ]-- > ]NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > ]Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > ]Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > ] > ]--- > ]Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > ]Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > ]Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004 > ] > ]--- > ]Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > ]Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > ]Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004 > ] > ] > ]-- > ]NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > ]Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > ]Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > ] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 8/27/2004 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
