[wplug] muni wif non-starter

[terry mcintyre]

Coverage: Walnut Street from Aiekn to S. Negley; Resources: 17 nodes

Multiply by hundreds of miles of streets in the Pittsburgh area, you do the math.

Econ 101: Businesses don't long remain well-funded if they throw away resources on projects which don't return profits. There is a time to ignore welfare queens who desperately beg for free goodies.
 
Terry McIntyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com>
They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster

----- Original Message ----
From: Drew from Zhrodague <drew at zhrodague.net>
To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 1:03:42 PM
Subject: Re: [wplug] muni wif non-starter

> Interesting article about the troubles with minucipal wifi:

> http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18848

> Evidently, there isn't enough demand to pay for the infrastructure 
> costs. Who knew?

> I suspect that large-scale wifi networks won't work until WiMAX or 3G or 
> 4G or some other large-scale technology is more fully developed. Who can 
> afford to build and maintain a network of access points on every 
> lamppost spanning hundreds of square miles?

     Who can afford to build and maintain a network of hundreds or even 
thousands of servers? A small team with the right tools.

     I can't understand why these are being stalled. Look at what Jon 
is doing in shadyside: http://www.shadysidewifi.com  -- all by himself. 
He's doing SqHill, and I think one other area. How come he can do this, 
but a well funded company *IN THAT BUSINESS* can't do the same thing?


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Drew from Zhrodague        http://www.WiFiMaps.com
drew at zhrodague.net        http://www.pghwireless.net
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