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Last year the WISPA Board went through an E X T E N S I V E review and
discussion about Connected Nation. CN wanted WISPA to "join" which
would have meant that they co-opt us. The Board's conclusion was "Bad
for WISPA. CN is Telco tool". Of course, CN didn't go away. They kept on consolidating their political power and they apparently got several State governments to grant them statewide mapping franchises. Now their (probably inaccurate) maps may become the "official" broadband coverage maps. CN approached me again last April. I accepted their offer to "check out" their maps. I looked at their Minnesota State Map. It appeared to show that DSL was available in every square inch of the State. I found and still find it hard to believe that. I stopped talking with them at that time. I'm still trying to figure out how to handle the little problem known as CN. jack Chuck Bartosch wrote: Been lots of discussion about this. Without repeating all that discussion, I think the conclusion has been, "bad for us". Telco tool.Chuck On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:Has anyone determined whether Connected Nation is good or bad for us? My state hired them for the map, but I don't want to respond with any information if the things I heard in the past are still true. I don't remember the points, I just remembered that they were bad news, so to avoid them. They sent me an NDA, but I never really read any of that stuff anyway. Most any contract is about as effective as a paper bag holding water. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/-------------- Chuck Bartosch Clarity Connect, Inc. 200 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-8268 "When the stars threw down their spears, and water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile, His work to see? Did He who made the Lamb make thee?" >From William Blake's Tiger!, Tiger! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Consulting, Technical Writing, Editing, Training, Wireless Mapping Serving the Wireless, Networking, and Telecom Communities Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com |
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