More on the wireless proposal. I've mostly spared the List my missives,
but I thought this one might be of some interest.
Becca Vargo Daggett
Seward
Why We Need a Democratic Information Network in Minneapolis
Reason #5: To Renew Citizens’ Confidence in Minneapolis’ Decision
Making Process
Anyone who is interested in this thread would be interested in the PBS
program "NOW" that will be rebroadcast on channel 17 on Monday night.
(It was on last night on Channel 2.) It includes a segment on the
basics of municipal broadband access, the Philadelphia effort to provide
it, an effort
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] On Behalf Of John Harris
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:46 AM
To: A.J.Colianni; Mpls Forum
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Wireless Minneapolis - one more thing, security
Will wireless minneapolis be s
On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:20 PM, Michael Thompson wrote:
Legitimate question regarding wireless internet:
Isn't technology changing rather rapidly? I thought it was. Why are we
investing public money in an area that is going to be obsolete in X
number
of years?
Hmmm, if we follow that logic, none of
Will wireless minneapolis be similar to my home wireless network? if you can
log into my router if i have it password protected, you could see any shared
folders i have on my machines. will that happen if i hook up to the wireless
mpls? I see minneapolis being like a large office that has a T3 c
On Feb 23, 2005, at 10:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"JM" == Jeanne Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> I forgot to add a key feature of wireless internet service -
it is much
JM> faster than cable or DSL.
Are you sure about that? Typically wireless offers less bandwidth
than wired,
A.J. is, of course, right, and I was wrong. Typed too soon.
I think it's pretty odd that Minneapolis would be offering better
service than the commercial alternative, for less. I had just
(wrongly) assumed it would be likely to be a little worse, but cheaper.
No wonder Qwest and the cable compa
sday, February 23, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Wireless Minneapolis - and the MPS
> I'm all for the city providing wireless internet service. It also has
> the potential of saving the public schools a lot of money, not to
> mention significantly upgrading the current access capabi
I'm all for the city providing wireless internet service. It also has
the potential of saving the public schools a lot of money, not to
mention significantly upgrading the current access capabilities. I'm
having trouble reading the budgeted numbers on the current Master
Technology Plan on the
> "JM" == Jeanne Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> I forgot to add a key feature of wireless internet service - it is much
JM> faster than cable or DSL.
Are you sure about that? Typically wireless offers less bandwidth
than wired, not more. E.g., the simple protocols that are m
I forgot to add a key feature of wireless internet service - it is much
faster than cable or DSL.
Jeanne Massey
Kingfield
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