------ Forwarded Message > From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <ip@v2.listbox.com> > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:48:27 -0500 > To: <ip@v2.listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] San Francisco leaders voice concerns about Wi-Fi project > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: December 20, 2005 8:25:41 AM EST > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] San Francisco leaders voice concerns about Wi- > Fi project > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > San Francisco leaders voice concerns about Wi-Fi project > Agency members want to avoid a restrictive franchise deal > News Story by Stephen Lawson > <http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/ > 0,10801,107216,00.html?source=x596> > > DECEMBER 19, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - San Francisco's plan for > citywide Wi-Fi ran into some friction Friday from a local regulatory > agency. > > The government of the City and County of San Francisco is readying a > request for proposal (RFP) for the wireless network, which is > intended to provide free or affordable Internet access throughout > most of the city. Several possible partners, including Google Inc., > EarthLink Inc., Motorola Inc. and a local nonprofit project called > SFLan, have already expressed interest in the project through an > earlier request for information. The San Francisco plan would become > one of the largest rollouts yet of government-initiated broadband, a > concept that has generated heated political discussion in the past > several months. > > At a hearing Friday, some members of San Francisco's Local Agency > Formation Commission (LAFCO) grilled Chris Vein, director of the > city's Department of Technology and Information Services (DTIS), > about the process of deciding how to build and operate the network. > > LAFCO, made up of San Francisco county supervisors and members of the > public, has a broad oversight role, including approval of district > boundaries and annexation of land as well as contract approvals. The > agency's aim in the hearing was to stimulate discussion, supervisor > and LAFCO member Jake McGoldrick said in an interview after the meeting. > > County Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and other LAFCO members said they > fear a deal like San Francisco's current franchise agreement with > cable operator Comcast Corp., in which the board of supervisors has > been presented with already negotiated franchise deals that it must > approve or vote down. DTIS handles cable franchise administration and > other communications and IT responsibilities for the city as well as > spearheading the Wi-Fi project. > > [snip] > > Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> > >
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