[wplug] The End of the Telcos?

[Max Putas]

The Shadyside wireless project is a nice initiative that is working. I
think projects such as that are a good place to start. Maybe Sq. Hill
or the South Side can be tackled next, especially with the number of
coffee shops.

http://shadysidewifi.com/Welcome.html

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Drew from Zhrodague
<drew at zhrodague.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm just curious what others' stance on it is, and for that, I appreciate
> your response.  I agree; many challenges, not many people/entities available
> that could actually provide the necessary finances to drive it, and then out
> of those, who is interested??  Lots of apathy from the general public...a
> tough job indeed.  It would take someone with total dedication to the
> project (no other life) and plenty of money just to start the marketing
> efforts to get others involved.
> >
>
>         Hm, this is mostly why I have failed at this so far -- complete lack
> of plenty of money. Something like this doesn't have to be expensive, but
> Joe Sixpack doesn't really care. Is there critical mass here in Pittsburgh
> to do something like that?
>
>         I think that if the City took over just their own
> telecommunications, that it would save hundreds of thousands of taxpayer
> dollars every year.
>
>         Some of us know how to solve some of these problems. The rest of us
> know how to solve the others. Should we have another near-annual meeting of
> interested folks to hash-out what could be done? Should we hijack the WPLUG
> list for this?
>
>         (I'm all ready to put WiFi antennas in my tree, but there's nobody
> to talk to...)
>
>
>
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Thanks,

Max Putas