There are many good websites on municipal and community wireless, but I just saw a link today to a new one: CommunityInternet.us
http://www.communityinternet.us/ It includes six sample business plans, something I've needed in my own efforts to establish community wireless in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The link was in a post on the Daily Wireless, where Sam Churchill has tirelessly covered municipal and community wireless issues. Here's the relevant post (be sure and search his site for its broad coverage of the field): http://www.dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4198 He also has links to many other similar sites. And Sam has done a lot of coverage of municipal legal battles in particular. Good luck, Audrey! Let me know if there is something specific you can't find - I may have run across it myself. Best Dave Pentecost -- The Daily Glyph http://www.gomaya.com/glyph Usumacinta http://www.gomaya.com/dams Cell 917 312 9733 On 6/2/05, Audrey Borus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your help needed. I've been asked to investigate the future of Wifi for > municipalities with the advent of WiFI. could a municipality or bordering > municipalities establish their own > wireless phone and internet exchange (i.e. provide Internet and phone > service to residents at a reduced cost)? If so, what are the revenue > implications? How would this alter the municipality's structure, size, > form and function? What would a municipality have to do to begin > the process of establishing community-wide wireless service? What would > they need to invest in? What are the potential upfront costs? Who or > what entity could consult and be a resource of information for > municipalities? If anyone can point me in the right direction to answer > these questions, I'd greatly appreciate it. > > Audrey Borus > Gender, Diversities, and Technology Institute > Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) > 55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458 > 617-618-2745 fax. 617-332-4318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit us at: www.edc.org/GDI > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
