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Rewiring (and Unwiring) New Orleans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flooded-with-information dept.

stinkymountain writes "Is New Orleans bouncing back from Hurricane Katrina with the most advanced telecom system in the country? According to Network World, carriers have invested billions to rebuild the wired and wireless networks in the city, and businesses are taking advantage of new, advanced telecom services." This story selected and edited by LinuxWorld editor for the day Saied Pinto.

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  1. My god. by TheOldSchooler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just imagine the future of New Orleans; a technological marvel, with gigabit ethernet connections to each home, instantly transmitting terrabytes worth of images showing topless coeds partying outside.

    1. Re:My god. by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Funny
      Just imagine the future of New Orleans; a technological marvel, with gigabit ethernet connections to each home, instantly transmitting terrabytes worth of images showing topless coeds partying outside.
      That'll never happen.
      Too many backhoes in the New Orleans area.

      I can't imagine that (with the amount of ongoing* construction)
      anyone in the city will have consistent internet service or cable tv.

      The Backhoe, The Internet's Natural Enemy
      http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/19/164 3215

      *You really think NO isn't going to get smacked by another hurricane before they finish up this round of re-building?
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    2. Re:My god. by mrxak · · Score: 2, Funny
      Just imagine the future of New Orleans; a technological marvel, with gigabit ethernet connections to each home, instantly transmitting terrabytes worth of images showing topless coeds partying outside.
      Or more likely, lots of video blogs of the next big huricane.
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      -mrxak
      Onions Will Kill You
  2. To answer your question, YES. by SlashdotAnswerGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is New Orleans bouncing back from Hurricane Katrina with the most advanced telecom system in the country?

    Yes, yes it is.

    In fact, New Orleans' broadband is so good, Korean tourists are flocking there to mob-harass the local Web pariahs.

    New Orleans' broadband is so good, Al Gore is working on a movie advocating we de-decentralize the Internet, putting New Orleans right in the middle.

    New Orleans broadband is so good, mint juleps are already outselling Mountain Dew as the official drink of computer nerds.

    New Orleans broadband is so good, girls at the last Mardi Gras were flashing their MySpace pages in exchange for beads.

    Hope that answers your question!

    Sincerely,
    SlashdotAnswerGuy

  3. I won't sleep... by bdonalds · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...until every one of the children in New Orleans has a $100 laptop!

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    The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life. -FZ
  4. Re:Stupidity by russ1337 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They went wi-fi cos they learned that the standard internet tubes fill with water....

  5. Re:Stupidity by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . you should go tell those Japanese to abandon their tiny island country so that the next earthquakes won't destroy their lives. . .

    Actually, they tried that a while ago and we told them to knock it off.

    KFG

  6. Re:You lived below sea level by chill · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, you have a problem with a chocolate city? I knew it was about race.

    It isn't the chocolate part, it is all the nuts.

      Charles

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    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  7. Re:Quite appropriate: Nothing to see here by LordOfTheNoobs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try telling that to the Dutch!

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    They're there affecting their effect.