Eugene Smiley on 22 Nov 2004 15:47:02 -0000


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[PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project


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It seems that the state is getting involved now...

Today's Metro, page 8: "Members of the city's Wi-Fi taskforce - as
well as members of the Street administration - are up in arms over a
pushed-through Republican bill that could pre-empt Philadelphia's
plans for city-wide free or low-cost wireless internet."

It seems that just before the legislators went on vacation 2 weeks
early, they decided to give local phone companies the "right of
first refusal" involving any city implementing internet services.
In otherwords, the law, if signed by Rendell, would require a city
to first get every phone company to first decline to offer service.
Any city with service in place before Aug 1, 2006 is exempt.




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