[wplug] On the subject of wardriving...

[Michael Semcheski]

Contrast this with what West Virginia is attempting:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050325-4735.html

It seemed like not too long ago that there were a lot of projects here
in Pittsburgh that might fall under the category of municipal wifi (ie,
ThreeRivers.net, etc.)  Hopefully those are still alive and grandfathered.

I am really getting sick of Verizon.  There customer service sucks. 
Their prices suck.  And they are writing legislation.

This is going to be the week I go all VoIP, hopefully...

Sorry for the top-post, but its dinner time.

Mike

eli wrote:
> The bill in question: HB30 (of '03-'04 session); signed into law by
> Gov. Rendell Nov. 30, '04
>
> http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2003/0/HB0030P4778.HTM
>
> There might be other relevant sections, but my appetite for legal
> documents and congressional bills is pretty small, so here's the
> first pertinent section I found - page 20, line 14:
>
> "(2)(i) Except as otherwise provided for under subparagraph (ii), a
> political subdivision or any entity established by a political
> subdivision, including a municipal authority, may not provide any
> telecommunications services to the public for compensation within the
> service territory of a local exchange telecommunications company
> operating under a network modernization plan. "(ii) A political
> subdivision may offer advanced or broadband services if the political
> subdivision has submitted a written request for the provision of such
> service to the local exchange telecommunications company serving the
> area and, within six months of the request, the local exchange
> telecommunications company has not agreed to provide the data speeds
> requested. If the local exchange telecommunications company agrees to
> provide the data speeds requested, then it must do so within 18
> months of the request. "(3) The prohibition in paragraph (2) shall
> not be construed to preclude the continued provision of any
> municipally provided telecommunications services of the same type and
> scope as were being provided on the effective date of this section."
>
>
> Brian Sammon wrote:
>
>>> | Remember that municipal wireless networks (with a fee
>>> attached) | are now ILLEGAL in Pennsylvania, thanks to their
>>> lobbying efforts. This | looks like a means to advertise that
>>> they are the "best" Wi-Fi provider.
>>>
>>> I don't think this prevents people from getting toegether and
>>> starting a wireless cooperative. In this case, the people who use
>>> the service pay for it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Correct. The state law he's referring to (I forget the number)
>> says that a municipal government may not fund a wireless network
>> without jumping through a bunch of hoops.
>>
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