[WISPA] What happens when you build a wireless internet system and give service away? Look at this example.....
I have started my hand at blogging. This first one talks about a unique situation I ran in to last year that questions the whole concept of public dollars for adoption programs. For a period of almost two years the city of Philadelphia had free Wi-Fi access on the network EarthLink built. I had the opportunity to look at adoption rates for broadband in that city after this was available. The areas with the lowest adoption rates had free access to the internet at speeds of up to 6 meg. I was uniquely positioned to notice this fact. Details and a map are in the blog. Food for thought.. http://brianwebsterconsulting.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/broadband-adoption-is sues/ Thank You, Brian Webster http://www.wirelessmapping.com www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] What happens when you build a wireless internet system and give service away? Look at this example.....
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:46, Brian Webster bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com wrote: For a period of almost two years the city of Philadelphia had free Wi-Fi access on the network EarthLink built. I had the opportunity to look at adoption rates for broadband in that city after this was available. The areas with the lowest adoption rates had free access to the internet at speeds of up to 6 meg. Since you did the mapping, you seem like a good person to ask some of the questions you bring up in your blog. Do you have any data showing how the adoption of broadband relates to, say, income levels? Even if the wi-fi is free, computers aren't. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] What happens when you build a wireless internet system and give service away? Look at this example.....
I'll go back and do some corollary work and see what I can come up with. Brian -Original Message- From: David E. Smith [mailto:d...@mvn.net] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:55 AM To: bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] What happens when you build a wireless internet system and give service away? Look at this example. On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:46, Brian Webster bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com wrote: For a period of almost two years the city of Philadelphia had free Wi-Fi access on the network EarthLink built. I had the opportunity to look at adoption rates for broadband in that city after this was available. The areas with the lowest adoption rates had free access to the internet at speeds of up to 6 meg. Since you did the mapping, you seem like a good person to ask some of the questions you bring up in your blog. Do you have any data showing how the adoption of broadband relates to, say, income levels? Even if the wi-fi is free, computers aren't. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
