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« Does This Headline Grab You? | Main | Paper: We Ignore Some News » February 14, 2007Houston Clicks with Wireless Internet ProjectThe city of Houston has struck a deal with EarthLink Inc. to build a citywide wireless Internet network that would eventually cover about 600 square miles, in a deal that won't cost city taxpayers a dime. Houston joins more than 250 cities and towns across America that are ror soon will offer wireless Internet to residents and businesses, says USA Today. EarthLink will spend $50 million to set up the infrastructure including 10,000 transmitters that will be placed on light and utility poles throughout the city. The mayors and governments of Nashville and its surrounding suburbs ought to move quickly to form a regional effort to do the same here. Yes, I know the private sector already provides a variety of Internet access options. lots of stores also sell generators - that's not a good reason not to have a city-wide Posted in Technology
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Could be a good thing, though it does seem to set up a relationship similar to the ILEC/CLEC dynamic for business landline telecoom. Posted by: Whitehorse at February 14, 2007 9:46 PM"city-wide eclectic utility"-a little freudianism? Posted by: George Rand at February 15, 2007 7:21 AMI tend to agree. There is a sound "public goods" argument to be made for this kind of set up. A network becomes part of a city's infra-structure. Posted by: maritn kennedy at February 15, 2007 8:23 AMPost a comment
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