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Most likely greed
I saw a story on tv about a region of Oregon that has a "wireless cloud". One guy decided to invest in it. The story mentions why there wasn't much resistance there
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,69234,00.html
This is a very doable thing, if the ISP companies would get out of the way...
This would be like a utility, costing the public next to nothing
Oh please, even if it a reasonable cost to begin with, you risk being stuck with a bureacracy that would be frozen in place and unable to adapt in the future.
Remember, anything the government does is backed by a gun to your head. Try not paying taxes and see what happens.
[EDIT] Ok, after reading the article I see that it's the old "a little bit of government interference didn't help so let's try more government interference " argument.
Deregulation absolutists talk a big game, but when you see slippage like what we're seeing, you have to ask for the proof of these free-market and deregulation assertions. I don't see it.
We haven't had free markets since the 1800s. We are a very mixed economy. It's an old tactic of statists to point at isolated examples of the "benefits" of socialism and blame the failings of a mixed economy on free-market capitalism.
Would you be encouraged to invest private money in an industry that has to compete with an entity that is holding a gun to the heads of your potential customers? If the government is so damn good at everything why don't we just stop living compromised lives and adopt communism outright.
Last edited: Sunday, December 04, 2005 at 4:31:19 PM
Yes but at the same time isn't broadband a public utility service? Man, do you have a friend still stuck with 56k? (not the man, but the lag) I can see how broadband would serve many people. But it's true here in Canada we're closer to communism - we have healthcare and several 'crown corporations' (i.e. Govt.businesses) owning vast enterprises and delivering fairly good service.
Was neat to read the US were 16th in term of broadband ratio per capita.
All about the money
get natural cures they don't want you to know about by kevin tredeau
he talks about the fda and federal trade commission and how corrupt they are controlling news and congress
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Philadelphia wanted to create a municipal Wi-Fi network in the form of a universal MAN (metropolitan area network). This would be like a utility, costing the public next to nothing while providing universal access. You'd be able to log on from anywhere. It would provide municipal news and broadband access to the Net for anyone with a computer and an 802.11 connection.
The telecom lobby got wind of this and had its stooges in the state legislature draft House Bill 30, which actually banned such municipal activity. The rationale for such a ban? You tell me.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1843330,00.asp