You can legislate it away. http://wifinews.com/archives/004870.html
(warning: i hand-typed the url b/c I can't cut/paste into java ssh client) -kb ------------------------------------------------- Visit http://www.hero.com and get a hero address On Thu, 4 May 2006, Richard wrote: > That is a good end line - you can't blink this away. > > 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... > > N6GPP > > On 5/3/06, jo3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > "Being a bit scattered tends to be a trait of highly imaginative people." > The more you rattle the marbles around in your brain, the more creative new > connections you make, as it were > connections that might be lost on those focusing intently on just the red > ones. > - Ed Vogel, University of Oregon, Department of Neuroscience > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
