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Rural Oregon Leads the Way for Large-Scale WiFi

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the extreme-wide-fi-networking dept.

atkulp writes "While cities and incumbent telecommunications operators are fighting it out over municipal WiFi, it looks like rural Oregan is leading the way for large-scale deployments of WiFi and WiMax." The privately funded $5 million dollar wireless network services a modest 700 square miles and seems to be the only show in town.

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  1. Re:$5 million dollar wireless network? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a slut be 100% urmom

  2. Re:Political bribes are accepted practice nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I believe sooner or later someone comes up with a claim like "you can't get rid of corruption". That's just bullshit. Enforcement of transparency would make corruption impossible to practise. Right now the trend in US appears to be going to opposite direction - those in chief are given even more tools to decrease their accountability to the public. In Nordic countries, particularly in Finland, the corruption is practically unexistant comparing to U.S or rest of the Europe. According to Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, also New Zealand has adopted very effective policies. From my Nordic point of view, U.S. or France are not too far from China or Nigeria in the context of bribery, or whatever names you have from political donations, gifts to strategic deals. People here were worried how effectively their Katrina donations reached/will reach the projects and people in need in U.S. and how much was lost in biased decisions.

    Some ./tters are certainly from U.S., so: When you Americans feel your country is screwed enough by 'flexible' politicians and other public servants who were supposed to make the best decisions, you should put up a mass movement with slongans like "if you want to serve the America, you have to publish what you're doing&lose your privacy in finances (so we have tools to keep eye on whether you are serving this country's interests at all)", to turn the ship 180 degrees to the direction of accountable governance and corporate culture. It would be good for the economy, too. Internet petitions, anyone?

  3. Re:I wonder if.... by CheeseTroll · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And the Borg run BSD....

    In other news, Netcraft confirms that the Borg are dead.

    (sorry - couldn't resist. I promise I won't do it again.)

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    A post a day keeps productivity at bay.
  4. Re:the Tragedy of the Commons issue... by bleckywelcky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeh, 20 minutes sounds about right for that rambling comment ...