Frankly, I'm still waiting to find out what pubic spots are not hot? As long as we're discussing off topic anyway.
wide-eyed Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thom Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: RE: [BAWUG] pubic hot spots - Boingo to add 1000 this year > Elliot Onn averred: > > > You pay taxes to fund your > > libraries, schools, and government, which has to maintain the backbone > > for our continent. > > You're apparently under the impression that public agencies fund the bulk of > domestic Internet backbone connectivity. That has not been the case since > NSFnet was shut down. Today -- and for the past half-decade or more -- most > of the backbone connectivity in the U.S. is owned and operated (at least > theoretically) for profit by commercial firms. > > Schools and libraries -- and most local and state governments -- buy their > access to the Internet from those commercial operators, just as do most > private individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations and so on. It is > true that taxes charged on telecommunications services are used to subsidize > school and library access, but the government provides only that subsidy, not > the connectivity itself. > > Regards, > > Thom Stark > > Telephone: 209-966-2700 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.starkrealities.com > Postal address: POB 5008 PMB 199, Mariposa, CA 95338-5008 > Ship-to address: 5008-A Highway 140, Box 199, Mariposa, CA 95338-9208 > PGP public key: http://www.starkrealities.com/thomskey.txt > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
