Please help do something about this! Call PA Governor Rendell's office @ 1-717-787-2500 and ask him to veto House Bill 30.
If you truly care about community wireless networking, the passing of Philadelphia's bill could have implications for LA's (or any other large metropolitan area's) plans for wireless Internet services. --davis ++++==++++==++++==++++==++++==++++ "Computers are useless...they only give us answers." --Pablo Picasso Davis Park, Program Director The DISKovery Center Far East Building 353 East First Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 phone: 213.621.4158 web: http://diskovery.ltsc.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 5:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Philly wireless deal hits lobbyist snag > Importance: Low > > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041123/wireless_philadelphia_3.html > > Not surprising... Why doesn't Verizon step up and provide free access > city wide for phone customers? That would be progress! > > JG > > > "Philadelphia's plan to offer inexpensive wireless Internet as a > municipal service -- the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city -- has > collided with commercial interests including the local phone company, > Verizon Communications Inc." > > .... > > "But the telecoms industry, its business in turmoil as such disruptive > technologies as Voice over Internet calling turn traditional revenue > models on end, calls such public-sector projects unfair competition. > > In the past year, companies including Qwest Communications International > Inc., Sprint Corp., BellSouth Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc. > have pressed for legislation in Pennsylvania, Florida, Utah, and > Louisiana that would extract concessions from public-sector > telecommunications ventures." > > > > >
