Eric Hidle on 22 Nov 2004 16:15:03 -0000 |
Good... it is not the government's job to provide everyone with Internet service... nor is it the government's job to compete with private enterprise. E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene Smiley" <eug+plug@esmiley.net> To: "PLUG" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQA/AwUBQaIJHukD7QKn7f0vEQJvOwCg7+QPJHe7V8btUwMCqkg8F/S2N8EAoMKc > Fhm+11Qy7XNCAMpp04ES4+ME > =bdUc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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