Don't worry, Dawn :) I never for a moment thought you had any offense intended. And even if you did... heh, I certainly won't remember it tomorrow...
You're all "one install from being forgotten", as when I'm busy, I don't really think about the subjects on this list... Just the stuff I learn. :) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Muni networks, the good, bad and ugly > Mark, > > I did overstep my bounds a little and do apologize for the last > statement in my post. > > Regards, > Dawn DiPietro > > Dawn DiPietro wrote: > > > 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" <wireless@wispa.org> > >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
