Hear, Hear!
someone finally hit the point.
Of course a free city wi fi harms no one. But it does cost SOMEBODY (i.e. taxpayers).
Does anyone really think the city can provide a wi fi for FREE? It is being subsidized by other city revenues. The ones that should be going to cleaning the city and providing city services.
If you live in N.O., which I do, you know that it is incredible that a city which ranks dead last in almost every category (and this was pre-Katrina) city service would expend any time, energy or money on something like a free wi-fi!
Hey, I like free wi fi too.
I'd also like free electricity, water, gas, rent, gasoline.
How about a free car? How about free cable TV?
Why can't I get those free?
Why can't the city give those to me free?
If its free, then NO ONE has to pay for it. Maybe the money will just sprout on trees.
I don't know about you but if I have to depend on any city government to give me something like computer access (and free yet!) I might as well sign up for welfare. Where in the hell is the self reliance?
Lack of correct information results in idiotic comments.
Let me set the record straight. The so called wi-fi mesh in downtown new orleans did NOT work during or immediately after Katrina. There was no commercial power available and the network (set up by Mr Meffert) had no emergency backup power; i.e. it was dead!!!!!
The commercial telephone system DID work throughout the storm in downtown New Orleans. It failed on approx the third day when the flood waters came. It HAD backup power. The reason Mr Meffert and the other idiots at City Hall lost their communication is because they fled City Hall (where there was an emergency operations center) and went to the Hyatt Hotel to get into a high rise- not to escape the water (which did NOT flood City Hall) but to escape the roaming bands of hoodlums.
Have you ever tried to use a telephone in a hotel when the hotel is totally booked? Its not unusual to get no dialtone for hours. That's what they faced- the idiots. They move their emergency operations to a freakin hotel room. Afterwards, Mr Meffert spins a tale of how he saved the whole city through some stolen equipment.
Now bear this in mind- the city of n.o. cannot provide debris pickup, clean water, functioning sewerage, adequate police and fire protection BUT their wi-fi is going to save the world! Wake up!!
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Hear, Hear! someone finally hit the point. Of course a free city wi fi harms no one. But it does cost SOMEBODY (i.e. taxpayers). Does anyone really think the city can provide a wi fi for FREE? It is being subsidized by other city revenues. The ones that should be going to cleaning the city and providing city services. If you live in N.O., which I do, you know that it is incredible that a city which ranks dead last in almost every category (and this was pre-Katrina) city service would expend any time, energy or money on something like a free wi-fi!
Hey, I like free wi fi too. I'd also like free electricity, water, gas, rent, gasoline. How about a free car? How about free cable TV? Why can't I get those free? Why can't the city give those to me free? If its free, then NO ONE has to pay for it. Maybe the money will just sprout on trees. I don't know about you but if I have to depend on any city government to give me something like computer access (and free yet!) I might as well sign up for welfare. Where in the hell is the self reliance?
Lack of correct information results in idiotic comments. Let me set the record straight. The so called wi-fi mesh in downtown new orleans did NOT work during or immediately after Katrina. There was no commercial power available and the network (set up by Mr Meffert) had no emergency backup power; i.e. it was dead!!!!! The commercial telephone system DID work throughout the storm in downtown New Orleans. It failed on approx the third day when the flood waters came. It HAD backup power. The reason Mr Meffert and the other idiots at City Hall lost their communication is because they fled City Hall (where there was an emergency operations center) and went to the Hyatt Hotel to get into a high rise- not to escape the water (which did NOT flood City Hall) but to escape the roaming bands of hoodlums. Have you ever tried to use a telephone in a hotel when the hotel is totally booked? Its not unusual to get no dialtone for hours. That's what they faced- the idiots. They move their emergency operations to a freakin hotel room. Afterwards, Mr Meffert spins a tale of how he saved the whole city through some stolen equipment. Now bear this in mind- the city of n.o. cannot provide debris pickup, clean water, functioning sewerage, adequate police and fire protection BUT their wi-fi is going to save the world! Wake up!!