Michigan legislature considers bill to hamstring municipal wireless

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti () gmail com>
Date: October 9, 2005 5:27:52 PM EDT
To: 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

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