On 11/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael H. Semcheski</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@immuneit.com">lists@immuneit.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Zach wrote:<br>> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_new_orleans">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_new_orleans</a><br><br>"The system will provide download speeds of 512 kilobits per second as
<br>long as the city remains under a state of emergency. But the bandwidth<br>will be slowed to 128 kbps in accordance with a limit set by Louisiana's<br>law once the city's state of emergency is lifted at an unknown future date."
<br><br>Two things struck me about this article. First, as indicated above,<br>they're crippling the service to their residents for no reason other<br>than to be nice to the cable and telco's.<br><br>Second, wireless is great. I'd have that right on my todo list after
<br>FIXING THE LEVIES.</blockquote><div><br>
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Read it may be up to $20 billion just to fix the levies and $100 to
$200 billion for entire recovery/rebuilding effort. That is an awful
lot. I'd just move the city to higher ground!<br>
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Zach</div></div><br>