This list is often very ugly and can be a big waste of time. Has it always been that way?
Marty ___________________________________________ Marty Dougherty CEO Roadstar Internet Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-554-6620 www.roadstarinternet.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn DiPietro Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly Mark, Many if not most RFP's today require a percentage of accounts be discounted heavily or given away for just the reasons you are describing. The term "Digital Inclusion" is used in this document to describe the goal of expanding the capabilities of computing technology worldwide to better serve social and economic challenges of underserved communities, both rural and urban. If you would get off your own train and look around and maybe read a thing or two on this subject maybe you would understand this a little better. Regards, Dawn DiPietro Mark Koskenmaki wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:13 AM >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly > > > > >>There are numerous studies that demonstrate that towns that lack >>broadband are economically deficient compared to towns with broadband. >>Job growth, tax base increase, home value stability, higher per capita >>income. >> >> > >The economic deficiency drives the lack of broadband, not the other way >around. > >You can't raise the dog to life by wagging it's tail. > >I live in one of those towns, and have many of them in the region >surrounding me. Broadband is not the issue. The economic conditions are >driven ENTIRELY by other factors. Just like poor roads don't help, a lack >of connectivity may be some hindrance, but building a superhighway to a >depressed community will simply NOT create magic. Broadband brought to >these places may have some neglible impact, but the lack is not the cause >of economic problems, nor will provisioning it "fix" things. > >Unfortunately, too many people are riding this train. Politicians are >holding it out as a "fix" ( BB access has never hurt a town's economy, of >course) for things when it isn't, and lots of businessmen are exploiting >that for thier own pocketbooks. The people who are being sold this are the >unwitting victims. They need real solutions to other real problems, and >ignoring them and offering fashionable modern services as a fix is a red >herring... > > > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington >email me at mark at neofast dot net >541-969-8200 >Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
