Hmmm...do I detect the plot of a short story or book you're crafting? -------------- Original message -------------- Maybe we might have to wait until 2045 after a war with South America...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:There's an interesting editiorial in PC Magazine about this. Evidently the big carriers such as Verizon were upset by Philly's attempt to create free wireless for everyone. They lobbied the state congress, which passed a law that gives telecom companies the right to build competing systems. Somehow the law, which was hurredly signed by the governor of Pennsylvania, gives the advantage to Verizon. So basically there won't necessarily be the trully free wifi in Philly that was envisioned. Maybe that's changed, but this was the situation as of just a few weeks ago. It's something to watch, as wireless is an area that's rife with possibilites of free and cheap access, and I can see the big companies trying to squash that, the same way they've screwed us for years by preventing cable boxes from being standardized and sold in stores. Instead we get reamed having to pay rentals for tech that any Circuit City should be able to sell for a one-time charge. -------------- Original message -------------- This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking forward to the next big media tech development. OPINION | August 7, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: When Pigs Wi-Fi By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF If the first step was to get Americans wired, the next step is to make them wireless. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/opinion/07kristof.html?ex=1124078400&en=ab2bd0a4499e9466&ei=5070&emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12he615em/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123774157/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
