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more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:59:50 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Mark Blacknell <blacknell () gmail com> Date: July 26, 2005 10:25:27 AM EDT To: dave () farber net, ccr7 () cornell edu Cc: Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall Reply-To: mb () blacknell net The Mall is also a nice place for studying, quiet review of work projects, and pretty much any other activity that goes on in America. Adding wireless access permits more of that, and doesn't take anything away from anyone doing anything that Cliff speaks of. As to adding to the yammering, it's obviously been a while since Cliff strolled down the Mall - see how many Hill and agency staffers you have to dodge while they peck away on their Blackberries and tourists calling home, "Guess where I am, Mom!" (As an aside, I went to see Treasure of the Sierra Madre at the "Screen on the Green" last night, a giant outdoor movie theater set up on the Mall at 7th St. (between the Air & Space Museum and the National Galleries. It was a wonderful experience for the thousands of people who came down to picnic and watch a movie, all courtesy of the wonders of being plugged in. Highly recommended.) On 7/26/05, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Clifford Rohde <ccr7 () cornell edu> Date: July 25, 2005 8:50:29 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: RE: [IP] Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall I'm a technophile and big believer in the advantages of readily available communications media (including free to the public services). That said, why would the public want this and shouldn't the burden be on its proponents to prove it's a good thing rather than everyone else to prove it's a bad thing? The Mall is a nice play to jog, stroll, fly a kite and even find, on occasion, quiet solitude among the national monuments. There are increasingly fewer public places to engage in such unplugged, unmechanized activities, especially where most others present are unplugged. Opening our public green spaces to laptops and more yammering (VOIP I suppose) phoners seems a bit like opening wilderness trails to snowmobiles and ATVs. What am I missing? /cliff rohde -----Original Message----- From: owner-ip () v2 listbox com [mailto:owner-ip () v2 listbox com] On Behalf Of David Farber Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:18 PM To: Ip ip Subject: [IP] Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall Importance: High Begin forwarded message: From: John Scott <johnmscott () mindspring com> Date: July 25, 2005 6:27:40 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Greg Staple <info () openpark net> Subject: FW: Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall Reply-To: johnmscott () mindspring com NEED SUPPORT!!! Dave, for IP, The Open Park initiative (www.openpark.net) is leading an effort to deployhot spots (for free) on the Mall in Washington DC, at no cost to the taxpayer or the Smithsonian (all hardware/software/bandwidth costs are being taken care of). All that is needed is a little bit of roof space on top of a few of the Smithsonian Buildings. Letters of support have been received from Congress and more recently Vint Cerf. We need a final push of positive support from the inter-webs to let the Smithsonian Board of Regents know that the public wants this and that its not a bad thing.Letters to the Smithsonian should be directed to addresses at this link(with a CC to info () openpark net) : http://www.openpark.net/smithsonianContact.html : Lawrence M. Small Secretary Smithsonian Institution Castle Bldg., Room 205 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC 20560 smalll () si edu Fax: (202) 786-2515 Sheila P. Burke Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Smithsonian Institution Castle Bldg., Room 219 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC 20560 burkesp () si edu Fax: (202) 357-7031 Roger Sant Chair, Smithsonian Board of Regents Executive Committee c/o The Summit Foundation 2100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 525 Washington, DC 20037 achupp () summitfdn org Fax: (202) 912-2901 Alan Spoon Smithsonian Board of Regents Executive Committee c/o Polaris Venture Partners 1000 Winter Street Suite 3350 Waltham, MA 02451 aspoon () polarisventures com Fax: (781) 290- 0880 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/2005------------------------------------- You are subscribed as ip () blacknell net To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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