absolutely ; but i know better than to turn this into a political discussion :-D
----- Original Message ----- From: Paolo Di Francesco To: WISPA General List Cc: CBB - Jay Fuller ; memb...@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] City teams up with local WISP to provide hotspots Hi Jay that's the point: in most cases "free"="paid with my taxes" So, the question is if we really need that type or market, i.e. a service that is paid with my taxes. I am not talking about "essential services" nor I am talking about "high prices" An example of an "essential service" to me, would be a service that helps the poor people to get a school degree or decent health And regarding the price, it's few bucks if you REALLY need it NOW and HERE. Otherwise the user con wait to be home to see "if somebody posted something on facebook" Therefore personally I am against any form of "free=paid with my taxes". Some collegues and we offer free limited hotspot access in order to get access and more attention from potential customers. But that's MY investment not the investment of my taxes :) Just my 2 Euro cents Paolo > We did "free public wifi" for about 10 city properties back in 2006 or > so. Made some good money > installing and configuring / supporting the project ; but as soon as the > grant money behind it ran > out , so did the "free" access. > The city kept one hot spot out of about nine - and it's in the most > illogical place (behind a city building) > I think they kept it so the police dept could pull in there and do some > things.... > We had it at public ball parks, the civic center, lots of public areas. > We could have offered to keep it "live" or move it to a paid model, but > as part of the grant they were > awarded they were required to purchase the equipment - so we didn't even > own the SMs at the sites, > just the access point they were delivered from. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ralph <mailto:r...@brightlan.net> > *To:* 'WISPA General List' <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> ; > memb...@wispa.org <mailto:memb...@wispa.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:33 AM > *Subject:* [WISPA Members] City teams up with local WISP to provide > hotspots > > Just thought the group would be interested. > > We run this Muni WiFi and have struck a deal with the City and the > downtown merchants to to provide this. > > http://thedecaturminute.com/2013/02/26/free-wi-fi-hotspots-coming-soon/ > > Brightlan (Georgia) > > http://brightlan.net > > Full WISPA member! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Members mailing list > memb...@wispa.org <mailto:memb...@wispa.org> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- Ing. Paolo Di Francesco Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 Fax : +39-091-8772072 assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 web: http://www.level7.it
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