[wplug] wow

[Brian W. Snyder]

Brian Gollum wrote:
> Greg Simkins wrote:
>> I don't want to be uncharitable, but I am not getting much bang for my  
>> tax dollars - and now I am sure those tax dollars are going to provide  
>> high quality porn to junkies in public housing and I am paying good  
>> money to get a fraction of the bandwidth.  I am disgusted.
> 
> Greg, YOUR tax dollars are unaffected -- unless you pay taxes in the 
> City and County of San Francisco. Also, since the housing is being 
> connected to the pre-existing CCSF network, there is no additional tax 
> outlay since the government has already paid for the network and its 
> capacity. The gateway between the CCSF network and the Internet is being 
> paid for by the Internet Archive, so again no impact on your taxes.
> 
> Yes, there is an outlay for the network connection from the individual 
> units to the central switch, but since this is already mandated by code 
> for new construction and retrofits, it is already accounted for in the 
> construction costs.
> 
> So, how are you, personally, being directly affected by this?
> 
> ...b.


Perhaps because this sets a precedent and it may be implemented in your 
municipality in the near future.







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