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RE: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project
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Title: RE: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project
that makes sense however. And for major cities, this shouldn't
be a stopping point. What phone company would want to take on
such a costly, non-profitable task? That's what municipal
govenments are for, to pay for things that will never see a
profit, and benefit most of the people who won't use it.
I say that in the sense, If you already have cable internet, will
you drop it when the city goes wireless? or will you continue
to use your own cable internet connection?
However, once the city does go wireless, this is be a hugh asset
to linux. One could get an inexpensive older PC, hook up a wireles
card, and have it act as a conduit to the wireless city network
and also have ethernet card with packet forwarding on both networks
This would bridge your home wired/wireless router to the cities
wireless system.
I see major issues with this plan. I see rampant identity theft
that will occur with people driving around sniffing packets pulling
emails and files right out of the air. The potential for child porn
to be downloaded while sitting in your car looking at the kids
playing in the playgrounds, or in the parks, totally anonymously.
As well, I can envision the drug dealers utilizing this free anonymous
network for inventory and distribution services.
I really like the idea, but the city has a lot of other issues to
deal with first. You can't be laying off Police and Firefighters and
then instituting a wireless plan like this....doesn't make sense.
George
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>From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
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>Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:45 AM
>To: PLUG
>Subject: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project
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>It seems that the state is getting involved now...
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>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."
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>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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