Corporate influence gone wild

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[FreePress Blog] internet access in whole cities (such as Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and others). In some cases, it would also be illegal for businesses (like coffee shops) to offer free access as well.

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 [EVDO Wireless Internet SuperCharged! HSDPA WIMAX Coverage too :o)] 14 New EVDO cities by Verizon - Sprint?: Atlanta, GA...Austin, TX...Baltimore, MD...Boston, MA...Chicago, IL...Cincinnati, OH...Columbus, OH...Dallas-Fort Worth...TX; Dayton, OH...Fort Lauderdale, FL...Hartford, CT...Houston, TX...Jacksonville, FL...Kansas City, MO...Las Vegas, NV...Los Angeles, CA...Madison, WI...Miami, FL...Milwaukee, WI...New Haven, CT...New Orleans, LA...New York, NY...Orange County, CA...Orlando, FL...Philadelphia, PA...Phoenix, AZ...Pittsburgh, PA...Providence, RI

[80211b.weblogger.com] Wi-Fi Networking News: Sessions’s pro-incumbent bill with a pro-community networking bill: Pete Sessions, former SBC employee whose wife works at the company and who maintains direct ownership of large Bell stock and option holdings, introduced a brief and terribly broad bill that eliminates essentially all forms of municipal ownership and outsourcing of broadband. The bill he wrote is broad enough to shut down future airport Wi-Fi and other projects beloved by private forms.

[Wireless.engadget.com] Philadelphia, the biggest WiFi hotspot in the world - Wireless ...: As a resident of philadelphia I'm of course excited about the thought of dumping 50$ a month on broadband, however I can't ingnore the alternative uses. As said, they recently closed a couple of firehouses, and, despite what has been said, public ed could use some money.

[Bwianews.com] Broadband Wireless Internet Access / WiMAX: For example the city of Phila's new Wi-Fi system which I understand will be "shared" by both end-users and first responders is a real mistake in my view--we are going to see a lot of wide area systems that "connect" to unlicensed systems for in-building range extension and other things and perhaps that will work but the risk, to me, of interference, is too great--especially is you are charging for services and the customers expectations are for a solid, reliable wireless connection all of the time--there are a lot of issues with unlicensed systems and even if you have one that works today there is no guarantee that it will work tomorrow, if someone else decides to put up their own system either unknowingly or because they can and they say the hell with others who are already making use of the same spectrum.

[Radio.weblogs.com] Reiter's Wireless Internet/802.11 Weblog: At last year's 802.11 Planet conference I did a two-hour presentation about the new realities of wireless in light of the September 11 attacks and also discussed in detail the entry -- potential entry -- of the cellular industry into the WiFi business. I got good reviews, I believe, for the presentation, but some people wondered whether it was appropriate for me to discuss the mindset and strategies of cellular operators at an 802.11 conference.

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Posted at July 05, 2005 09:28 AM