Re: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 15:28 -0500, William H. Magill wrote:
> The real problem with this entire project is that, like with Cable 
> Television, PGW and the Telephone before it, the City will create 
> Monopolies (aka franchises) that will operate this "thing" however
> they want to operate it.  There is no technical Public Input into the
> entire process now, and there will not be any later.  The entire
> "Committee" is made up of "stake-holders," i.e. people from
> non-profits and NGOs who are looking to get free HIGH-SPEED internet
> connections. There is no technical capability on the committee. All of
> their technical "expertise" comes from an outside consulting firm they
> have hired.

I think this is precisely the problem -- an inefficient and unresponsive
monopoly like PGW.  City run businesses are neither government nor
business, but tend to have none of the positives of either while having
the negatives of both.

Art

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