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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (182372)10/16/2005 4:23:26 PM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Biggest Wi-Fi Cloud Is in Rural Oregon

news.yahoo.com

Similar wireless projects have been stymied in major metropolitan areas by telephone and cable TV companies, which have poured money into legislative bills aimed at discouraging such competition. In Philadelphia, for instance, plans to blanket the entire city with Wi-Fi fueled a battle in the Pennsylvania legislature with Verizon Communications Inc., leading to a law that limits the ability of every other municipality in the state to do the same.

[ Verizon = Blockers of Innovation ]

[ Amazing how it's legal for Verizon to block innovation. No wonder the USA is behind other countries in technology infrastructure. ]

But here among the thistle, large providers such as local phone company Qwest Communications International Inc. see little profit potential. So wireless entrepreneur Fred Ziari drew no resistance for his proposed wireless network, enabling him to quickly build the $5 million cloud at his own expense.

While his service is free to the general public, Ziari is recovering the investment through contracts with more than 30 city and county agencies
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