Tempe City-Wide Wireless Snags

Triumph The Insult C writes "About a month ago, the dot carried a story about the city of Tempe, AZ, laying claim to be the first major metropolitan area to provide city-wide broadband internet access. Well, things haven't gone exactly as planned, as one of the companies involved, MobilePro Corp, is now being investigated by the state for not holding the appropriate permits. As a resident of downtown Tempe, I hope the rollout isn't successful, as I would much prefer to see a more community-based effort, such as in Seattle, Austin, and New York City."

Comments

since when has phone been a city utility?

[John Seminal]

these are private monopolies forcing their services on cities.

if the city administered these programs, they would be free. let me repeat that, they would be free.

since republicans started forcing cities to buy services from companies, rather than provide the service themselves, the price has increased.

look at property taxes. they used to include garbage pickup service. now my city requires pre-paid stickers for each bag of garbage to be picked up.

as for internet wireless, the cost is free right now. let me repeat that, free. if a city office needs the internet, they can put the wireless router on so anyone can use it. most cities have multiple city buildings with internet access. in my city, we have the police department on one side, the fire department on the other, the city administraion buildings elsewhere. there is a library in the middle, and a county health building. if all these offices opened up their wi-fi, everyone in my city would be no more than a 10 minute stroll to an access point.

it is the same thing with phones. why do we pay so much money for something that should cost nothing? all the phone lines are established. it does not cost very much to maintain them. where does the money go? how many millions of dollars go to executives? how many millions of dollars go to less than a dozen people?

the anwser is for the people to take control of their city. buisnesses have infultrated city government, and there are more lies than the 2am infomercial promising you wealth through real estate.

i think everyone with over 1 million dollars is a traitor, they stole it from employees. they should all be hanged. i am rooting for the terrorists. they are targeting the centers of power, and i know that will never be me or my kind. we're only good for minimum wage.