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Michigan legislature considers bill to hamstring municipal wireless
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 18:16:22 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti () gmail com> Date: October 9, 2005 5:27:52 PM EDTTo: dave () farber net, Mary Morgan <mmorgan () annarbornews com>, mwendland () freepress com Subject: Michigan legislature considers bill to hamstring municipal wireless
There is a project underway, Wireless Washtenaw, to bring wireless Internet to the whole county, including the city of Ann Arbor. A similar effort is going on in Oakland County. Now the Michigan state legislature is considering a bill to curtail or prohibit such activity. Hearings this Tuesday and Wednesday, a vote next week. (Your bets on which RBOC might be behind this one.) This even in the face of San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Portland all issuing RFQs or RFPs for similar services. See http://vielmetti.typepad.com/michiganwifi for the coverage and details I've been able to unearth so far; there's no email list yet to coordinate a response though I expect something will come up in its usual way. http://muniwireless.com/municipal/ is the best news source for muni wireless news in general. -- Edward Vielmetti in Ann Arbor, MI 48104 +1 734 276 5910 edward.vielmetti () gmail com http://www.vacuumgroup.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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