Comments on: Municipal Wi-Fi Stalls, Market Surges Forward http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-49091 eee_eff Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:17:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-49091 <p>Katrina and Iraq just show the necessity of having a well-run government, by those who believe government should be well run, instead of by those who want to do away with it.</p> Katrina and Iraq just show the necessity of having a well-run government, by those who believe government should be well run, instead of by those who want to do away with it.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-39121 enigma_foundry Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:17:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-39121 <p>Katrina and Iraq just show the necessity of having a well-run government, by those who believe government should be well run, instead of by those who want to do away with it.</p> Katrina and Iraq just show the necessity of having a well-run government, by those who believe government should be well run, instead of by those who want to do away with it.

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-49090 Jim Harper Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:41:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-49090 <p>I thought this was the age of Katrina, the Iraq war, and the I-35 Bridge . . . .</p> I thought this was the age of Katrina, the Iraq war, and the I-35 Bridge . . . .

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-39120 Jim Harper Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:41:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-39120 <p>I thought this was the age of Katrina, the Iraq war, and the I-35 Bridge . . . .</p> I thought this was the age of Katrina, the Iraq war, and the I-35 Bridge . . . .

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-49089 eee_eff Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:51:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-49089 <p><i>Rather than looking backward and modeling themselves after past state-run follies, cities could take a leading role in increasing competition.</i><br><br>Cord:<br><br>It's not the 90's anymore, and there is no consensus that everything that is "state-run" is a "folly." In the age of Enron, global warming, Vioxx, the working assumption is that for-profit means corrupt. I don't completely share that but it is out there.<br><br>There are plenty of examples of well run govt initiatives, and it seems to me that the smaller scale efforts are often very well run.<br><br>In particular, in the last post about municipal Wi-Fi I compared the se efforts to municipal libraries, and I don't think you demonstrated that this analogy is flawed in any significant way.<br><br>You did, however, demonstrate antipathy towards public libraries.</p> Rather than looking backward and modeling themselves after past state-run follies, cities could take a leading role in increasing competition.

Cord:

It’s not the 90′s anymore, and there is no consensus that everything that is “state-run” is a “folly.” In the age of Enron, global warming, Vioxx, the working assumption is that for-profit means corrupt. I don’t completely share that but it is out there.

There are plenty of examples of well run govt initiatives, and it seems to me that the smaller scale efforts are often very well run.

In particular, in the last post about municipal Wi-Fi I compared the se efforts to municipal libraries, and I don’t think you demonstrated that this analogy is flawed in any significant way.

You did, however, demonstrate antipathy towards public libraries.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-39119 enigma_foundry Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:51:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-39119 <p><i>Rather than looking backward and modeling themselves after past state-run follies, cities could take a leading role in increasing competition.</i></p> <p>Cord:</p> <p>It's not the 90's anymore, and there is no consensus that everything that is "state-run" is a "folly." In the age of Enron, global warming, Vioxx, the working assumption is that for-profit means corrupt. I don't completely share that but it is out there.</p> <p>There are plenty of examples of well run govt initiatives, and it seems to me that the smaller scale efforts are often very well run.</p> <p>In particular, in the last post about municipal Wi-Fi I compared the se efforts to municipal libraries, and I don't think you demonstrated that this analogy is flawed in any significant way.</p> <p>You did, however, demonstrate antipathy towards public libraries.</p> Rather than looking backward and modeling themselves after past state-run follies, cities could take a leading role in increasing competition.

Cord:

It’s not the 90′s anymore, and there is no consensus that everything that is “state-run” is a “folly.” In the age of Enron, global warming, Vioxx, the working assumption is that for-profit means corrupt. I don’t completely share that but it is out there.

There are plenty of examples of well run govt initiatives, and it seems to me that the smaller scale efforts are often very well run.

In particular, in the last post about municipal Wi-Fi I compared the se efforts to municipal libraries, and I don’t think you demonstrated that this analogy is flawed in any significant way.

You did, however, demonstrate antipathy towards public libraries.

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