WiFiWiki to become obsolete?
Mnteractive’s Wi-Fi directory may become obsolete–at least in St. Paul, where the City Council has begun discussions to consider covering the entirety of St. Paul with Wi-Fi interet access. Chaska, another metro area city, recently implemented their city-wide network.
If you think this is a good idea, you can contact council members Dave Thune and Lee Helgen to show your support.
Pioneer Press columnist Laura Billings seems to disagree with this. From what I can tell, she frowns upon this because she doesn’t like reading crazy fan email and she’s not a fan of porn. Ah, yes, our always insightful media pundits.
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I’m curious, I wonder how many conservatives feel that this should be implimented by Businesses rather than Government. I just had a recent discussion with a friend. He was quite opposed to any government supported wireless infrastructure. I see it as necassary, as many other goverments are starting to support this more than the U.S.A.
I’m sure there will be backlash along those lines, Mark. Look at Laura’s column. There’s plenty of irrational arguments in today’s politics. ;o)
Personally, I find telecommunications a rather integral part of infrastructure and should be provided as a basic service for the population. That said, I believe the same goes for housing and health care, and we all know that isn’t about to change anytime soon. ;o)
And as a pre-emptive comment to anyone that feels government run services are a bloated, inefficient waste of money, let me ask you how pleased you’ve been with the variety and quality of service from Qwest and Comcast? ;o)
Good question, I’ll make sure to pass it along. We can add Sprint to that list as well.
The internet itself was a government infrastructure investment, same as our highway system and air traffic systems. These are projects are the foundation interstate commerce and communication - the government has an inherent interest in investing in it. These are the structures we as Americans and citizens base our lives. I shudder to imagine a private sector highway system.