On 9/22/07, Dave Close <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Chris Smith" wrote: > > >In general, the costs of infrastructure like this are justified with > >reduced costs providing other services, reduced costs of living for > >residents and businesses, and most importantly: improved tax revenues > >from the economic stimuli's of the service. > > I defy you to show an example of any city where this has been true.
I can't think of one off the top of my head. As far as I know it is a rare beast that even gets through the development process and launches. I hope that at the meeting they'll present some studies so that everyone can make informed choices. > Granted, there aren't a large number of municipal wireless systems, > but there are a few that have been running for a year or two. Have > they made any measurable difference for those cities? I honestly don't know one way or another, but if they *haven't*, you have to ask yourself what is the point of going through with the exercise. Frankly, municipalities have their hands full as it is, so if they can't justify the expense based on the return on the investment, they just plain shouldn't do it. -- Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
