Comments on: Don’t tie WiFi plans to anti-crime cameras

By: Vonster

Vonster — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:34:59 +0000

Yup. The streets can go to hell and gangs can rule the neighborhood but hell as long as we got WiFi………. LMAO

By: CP

CP — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:26:24 +0000

Cellnet owns and operates the wifi network, but is not an ISP. They are basically wholesaling the product to two Madison based ISPs – Merrimac Communication and ResTech services. How many job losses? Any losses will be made up via the jobs gained by Wifi adding to quality of life and job atmosphere in Madison. Better quality of life = job creation.

By: Vonster

Vonster — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:48:20 +0000

No subsidy for “the poor”? Have you contacted the existing local providers to see how many layoffs they expect?

By: Vonster

Vonster — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:06:24 +0000

I knew you couldn’t.

By: CP

CP — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:56:41 +0000

Per the article:
Q. What company is providing the service?

A. Cellnet, working under the local brand name Mad City Broadband, will build and maintain the network as a wholesaler.

Q. Why isn’t it simply a free, open network?

A. The city can’t afford it, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said.

Some cities have proposed city-funded networks that would work much like a public utility. But that would require substantial taxpayer investment, Cieslewicz said. Madison’s project requires no taxpayer investment.

But by the end of April, two local Internet service providers – Merrimac Communications and ResTech – will be the primary providers.

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:06:03 +0000

Cameras aren’t perfect either, Rauol.

By: Vonster

Vonster — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:37:16 +0000

How much public money went into it and how many jobs were lost among the existing access providers?