Philly and blocking its network

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: November 19, 2004 10:51:45 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Philly and blocking its network
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com



[Note:  This item comes from reader Glenn Fleishman.  Glenn makes some 
good points here.  The move by the incumbents to block muni telecom 
infrastructure deployments has been in the works for some time now.  
Wi-Fi didn't have to happen to get them to act in this manner.  BTW, 
while I'm at it, I'd like to call my readers attention to Glenn's most 
excellent website <http://www.wifinetnews.com>.  DLH]

> From: Glenn Fleishman <glenn () glennf com>
> Date: November 19, 2004 6:40:24 AM PST
> To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
> Subject: Philly and blocking its network
>
> I don't mean to sound like an apologist for cable and telco vested
> interests, but the reporter on the story didn't actually look at the
> text of the bill from its introduction to present. He quotes various
> people stating the bill didn't change as a result of Philadelphia's
> plan.
>
> I did five minutes of research and found that that was correct -- so 
> the
> vested interests have been working on this for some time, not in
> reaction to Philly Wi-Fi. I think it's an important point.
>
> <http://wifinetnews.com/archives/004465.html>
>
> In the Champaign-Urbana area, there has been direct lobbying by the
> incumbent broadband providers to fight municipal Internet deployment,
> but Verizon and Comcast here seem to be working on a longer-term plan.
> It means that these entrenched interests would like to continue to be
> entrenched.
>
> Broadband appears to be most robust--not just competitively priced, but
> widely available--whenever alternatives exist in the market. This 
> should
> be obvious, but the places in which monopoly allows them to charge more
> than a competitive environment would, the broadband providers don't 
> seem
> to be interested in building out the market. I guess that's just the
> nature of business these days.
>
> --
> Glenn Fleishman
> seattle, washington
> work and home: glennf.com
> wireless data news: wifinetnews.com


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