Travis Johnson wrote:
You guys are all missing the point. If they contract with the local
WISP, they don't get to "create new jobs" for the muni... instead, they
are just helping a local business grow with local tax money.
Welcome to politics in the wireless arena. :(
Travis
Microserv
Exactly Travis, it's a socialist dream.
I wasn't aware of this until last week when I read an article about
Salem Oregon's Open.org.
The City has been running open.org which is a full facilities based ISP
with dial up, web hosting, DSL and wifi hot spots.
They charge 12.00 per month for dial up. Anybody can sell 12.00 dial up,
nothing special here.
I'm not sure about the other "businesspeople" on this list, but I have
a hard time accepting that our government ought to be in *any* business.
Never mind competing against the private sector.
Salem Oregon is not a small town with nobody servicing it, it's the
State Capital and either the 2nd or 3rd largest city in the state. I
don't buy that they provided these services because others wouldn't or
couldn't, I believe it's just what it is, state run industry.
I thought that we went to war in Korea, Vietnam, Central America and
almost with Russia to end communism and socialism and to further our
capitalistic system.
So why should any government local or state decide to take over an
industry and compete against business after what this country has stood
for the entire 20th century?
This is where I find Muni anything to be appalling.
You hit it square on the head, it's politics and I don't believe any of
us "businesspeople" want to include politics as part of our business.
George
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