Comments on: Google faces obstacles in S.F. Wi-Fi bid

Lawsuits or legislation could stymie deal, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says.

[T-Byrd]

Need to Look at Huntsville's Wi-Fi Plan

I love Cnet News, but you missed a widely talked about municipal wi-fi plan. Huntsville, AL is the first city in the country to begin implementing a municipal approved wi-fi plan that doesn't take the polar extremes of free access or monopoly control. Recent article that was picked up by many print publications: http://www.technologybizdev.com/2005/08/30/finally-a-free-municipal-wifi-offering-that-makes-sense-huntsville-al/

People don't generally think of Alabama as being a technology hub, I know I didn't, but apparently it is one of the fastest growing tech centers in the country. http://www.technologybizdev.com/2005/09/25/recent-aerospace-and-defense-expansion-in-alabama-guarantee-the-state%e2%80%99s-technology-position/

[T-Byrd]

Need to Look at Huntsville's Wi-Fi Plan

I love Cnet News, but you missed a widely talked about municipal wi-fi plan. Huntsville, AL is the first city in the country to begin implementing a municipal approved wi-fi plan that doesn't take the polar extremes of free access or monopoly control. Recent article that was picked up by many print publications: http://www.technologybizdev.com/2005/08/30/finally-a-free-municipal-wifi-offering-that-makes-sense-huntsville-al/

People don't generally think of Alabama as being a technology hub, I know I didn't, but apparently it is one of the fastest growing tech centers in the country. http://www.technologybizdev.com/2005/09/25/recent-aerospace-and-defense-expansion-in-alabama-guarantee-the-state%e2%80%99s-technology-position/

[Catgic]

Novus e-Gratis Ordo Sæculorum

Free access and connectivity to the Wi-Fi Web in San Francisco, Philadelphia or in Your Town, USA is an issue of the purpose of government, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, namely, to ?promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.? Here in the 3rd Millennium, these constitutional guarantees apply to promoting the general e-welfare and e-securing the blessings of e-liberty to each and every Freewebizen.

They equate to an individual citizen?s freedom to walk down the public streets in their neighborhood without having to pay a toll or a fee each time they go out their front door. The NETWORK of city, town and village streets and roads LINK us to the geographic NODES of our friends, families and business associates. They are part of the government provided common NODAL NETWORK infrastructure established and maintained by the government so each citizen will have the liberty to freely travel down the public streets that LINK their HOME NODE to the NODES of friends, relatives and businesses.

As reported, the United States has fallen to 16th among the top countries with broadband. Fill in the blank: If [Your Town, USA] is going to be competitive then it needs to provide competitive e-tools. The ?home of the brave? should also be The Land Of Free Wi-Fi Access.

It?s not about ?Fat Cat? Telecos, Cable Companies and ISPs making money, for they shall continue to do so even with FREE Wi-Fi Access. It?s about local governments promoting and supporting the general e-welfare by implementing a public infrastructure of FREE Wi-Fi Access.

The phrase ?low-cost access to the Internet?s Information Highway? equates to converting all public streets into ?low-cost Toll-Roads.? This is unthinkable. Ours is the Land of the Freeway and it should also be the Land of Free Wi-Fi Access to the Information Highway.

Your article reports there are 26 proposals from a full-spectrum of companies that range from cell phone companies through ISPs all the way to Wi-Fi start-ups. Of these 26 solutions, only those that propose a ?Wi-Fi Cloud? that is FREE TO ALL WEBIZEN USERS should make the cut to the final round of consideration.

The broadband ?digital divide between poor and wealthy people? will not have to be ?torn down? if it is never erected in the first place. JP B-)

[Catgic]

Novus e-Gratis Ordo Sæculorum

Free access and connectivity to the Wi-Fi Web in San Francisco, Philadelphia or in Your Town, USA is an issue of the purpose of government, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, namely, to ?promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.? Here in the 3rd Millennium, these constitutional guarantees apply to promoting the general e-welfare and e-securing the blessings of e-liberty to each and every Freewebizen.

They equate to an individual citizen?s freedom to walk down the public streets in their neighborhood without having to pay a toll or a fee each time they go out their front door. The NETWORK of city, town and village streets and roads LINK us to the geographic NODES of our friends, families and business associates. They are part of the government provided common NODAL NETWORK infrastructure established and maintained by the government so each citizen will have the liberty to freely travel down the public streets that LINK their HOME NODE to the NODES of friends, relatives and businesses.

As reported, the United States has fallen to 16th among the top countries with broadband. Fill in the blank: If [Your Town, USA] is going to be competitive then it needs to provide competitive e-tools. The ?home of the brave? should also be The Land Of Free Wi-Fi Access.

It?s not about ?Fat Cat? Telecos, Cable Companies and ISPs making money, for they shall continue to do so even with FREE Wi-Fi Access. It?s about local governments promoting and supporting the general e-welfare by implementing a public infrastructure of FREE Wi-Fi Access.

The phrase ?low-cost access to the Internet?s Information Highway? equates to converting all public streets into ?low-cost Toll-Roads.? This is unthinkable. Ours is the Land of the Freeway and it should also be the Land of Free Wi-Fi Access to the Information Highway.

Your article reports there are 26 proposals from a full-spectrum of companies that range from cell phone companies through ISPs all the way to Wi-Fi start-ups. Of these 26 solutions, only those that propose a ?Wi-Fi Cloud? that is FREE TO ALL WEBIZEN USERS should make the cut to the final round of consideration.

The broadband ?digital divide between poor and wealthy people? will not have to be ?torn down? if it is never erected in the first place. JP B-)