You're kidding, right? ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dustin Goodwin'; 'nycwireless' > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read! > > > "...we have the strongest economy in the world"... > > Where do you live?? > > Certainly not here. > > Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jim Henry > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:20 PM > To: 'Dustin Goodwin'; 'nycwireless' > Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read! > > OK, guess I should have read the article first:-). No thanks > to govt. subsidized broadband. We already have too much of a > socialist load on our economy. The fact that we have less > socialism than most other countries is probably the main > reason that we have the strongest economy in the world, > the envy of other nations. Just my two cents. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dustin > > Goodwin > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:40 AM > > To: nycwireless > > Subject: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read! > > > > > > If you think you have a well developed theory on the why or > why not of > > the municipal broadband debate you must read this article. > > Some of the conclusions: > > The US is desperately behind in broaband compared to the rest the > > world. As for existing US broadband.We are paying way too > much for way > > too little compared to the rest of the world. > > US monopolies are have bloated the price of broadband and slowed > > investment. Lack of Federal and State policy/programs/tax > > breaks/incentives are mostly to blame. > > As we learned during the electrification of the rural US free > > enterprise is not the best system for bringing real low > cost broadband > > to everyone. If your municipality really wants to be on the > broadband > > grid and your expecting help from private telcos... your screwed. > > Municipal broadband or the threat of municipal broadband has been > > shown to encourage private sector investment. > > Most places including NYC should be shopping around for a municipal > > broadband solution if they expect their businesses to compete on a > > global level. > > The US communication infrastructure is stagnating and the > fixes will > > come from a combination public policy *AND* private enterprise. > > > > *Let There Be Wi-Fi* > > Broadband is the electricity of the 21st century-and much of America > > is being left in the dark. > > http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0601.podesta.html > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: > > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release > > Date: 1/5/2006 > > > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release > Date: 1/5/2006 > >
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