Reading a little more on this I see that there is *already* a deal (pre Katrina) in place that prohibits NO from providing municipal wireless at speeds greater than 128 KB/s. Why NO would have ever made such a deal beyond me. Anyway, they are supposedly going to turn it on at 512 KB/s, but only until the state of emergency is over, and then they'll have to dial it back to 128 KB/s or just take it down.
I'd really like to know what the city got for making that deal. "We promise never to provide a quality service to our residents that in any way makes it harder for large corporations to gouge those same residents for said service." What's that worth? Like a 10K campaign donation?
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I'd really like to know what the city got for making that deal. "We promise never to provide a quality service to our residents that in any way makes it harder for large corporations to gouge those same residents for said service." What's that worth? Like a 10K campaign donation?
- jim 11-30-2005 8:22 pm