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Re: [PLUG] Philadelphia Wireless Project
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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
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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
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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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