Isn't that what we have been saying for years, that municipalities need to have the space to make this happen? It was done with power companies, to prove that it works...
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On 5/3/06, jo3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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http://nytimes.com/2006/05/03/technology/techspecial3/03utility.html?pagewanted=print
May 3, 2006
Services
Switchboard in the Sky
By TIM GNATEK
Mr. Baller says that municipalities considering wireless programs can
draw a lesson from history, and likens the modern wireless movement to
the rural electrification movement of the late 1800's. Then, communities
beyond the reach of the electric companies took control of their
electric futures and struck out with their own power plans.
"And they were successful," Mr. Baller said. More than 2,000 of the
original electrification groups still exist in rural communities and big
cities like Los Angeles.
"There are a great many parallels," he said. "Broadband is becoming
today's platform for everything we do: economics, education, safety,
medicine and cultural enrichment. You can't blink this away."
Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company
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