And what if they go on strike?

Redundancy?

Let the lurking profits lure the market in.

Wifi is going plenty fast as it is (it’s promoters just plundered the analog tv frequency range from the public without a shot being fired. And almost unmentioned. Thereby forcing a crucial emergency bandwidth for visual communication into technical oblivion).

Boosting wifi blindly tends to produce such fantasy collides with reality blunders.

Betamax Rex.

This story reminds me of the poor family in New Orleans; you know the one that the MSM dragged out in front of us representing the typical victim of Bush’s attack on black families following Katrina. Problem with the story was that some bloggers investigated this family and managed to get pictures from inside showing a huge flat screen, huge stereo system, and many other privileges that were brought into their homes by way of government handouts.

Keemo on March 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM

That is exactly the first thing I thought, too. She said “Of course I’m grateful for a place to live, but it’s just pitiful what people give you.”
My blood still boils.

That’s where all the books are.

Come on, you free-loading liberal dumbasses. You might just get curious and learn something.

Surely you jest. Apparently, the New York Times Editorial Board observes the divide between opinion and news by refusing to read their own newspaper.

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more important question here is why ubiquity is needed. Wi-Fi technology was not designed to cover a town and it certainly wasn’t designed to be used by people in a building outside of where the hot-spot is. So why not have outside hot-spots in public places like parks and such, and encourage folks to buy ultra-cheap laptops instead of the latest desktop? If the answer is that parks aren’t safe, then, well, there’s a more serious problem than Wi-Fi that needs addressing.

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calbear on March 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM

Anyone think this guy hasn’t bought a pc lately?

Sprint is also adding WiMax service to its network in Philadelphia. The City has no business being mixed up in this.

BTW, I also get the Starbucks connection from a block away. I suppose I could use their portal if I wanted to. Maybe Starbucks should be forced into the poor neighborhoods to offer their connections. You could get a Mad Dog Frappucino while you were browsing the porn sites.

And then I want a pink unicorn and a money bush.

I’m getting kind of hungry. Do you think the government could maybe bring me a free pizza?

nosliwelyk on March 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM

With bacon, ground beef, green peppers & black olives. Oh, and a 12 pack of Coke Classic.

cable TV

It is interesting to me that, whenever something is proposed to help subsidize the poor, opponents bring out the argument that “They pay for cable TV, so they can afford X if they just drop that.” It’s not an invalid point, but it seems a bit overused. One might wonder, too, how much the average poor person pays for cable TV. If a household with seven people shares the minimal package, it might cost $2 per person per month. (If you think that’s not true, then you’ve never asked your cable company about their minimal package.) If the household plugs into a line that hasn’t be deactivated, it can often be free. There’s also the question of why they have it. If one lives in an area with no reception, cable TV is probably a more affordable means of placating a child than anything else. Not that it’s the healthiest, but sometimes it might be the best of a lot of bad choices.

A more important question here is why ubiquity is needed. Wi-Fi technology was not designed to cover a town and it certainly wasn’t designed to be used by people in a building outside of where the hot-spot is. So why not have outside hot-spots in public places like parks and such, and encourage folks to buy ultra-cheap laptops instead of the latest desktop? If the answer is that parks aren’t safe, then, well, there’s a more serious problem than Wi-Fi that needs addressing.

Another thing that could be done is to have places outside of public libraries that are comfortable to sit in one the library closes. Usually folks can pick up library Wi-Fi just outside the building, even during off hours.

Your point being?

U.S. Sen. John McCain sent his regards in the form of a video message to the crowd of about 80 who gathered at the Town Lake’s Tempe Beach Park.

He said he is advocating for Internet access for all in Congress, and he’ll use Tempe as the “best example in America” of public and private sectors working together to make wireless Internet available.

“You are looking at the future of Internet in America today in beautiful Tempe, Arizona,” McCain said in the recording.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1129ev-wifi29.html

And that gun ownership should be a privilege.

Huh.