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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (182372)	10/16/2005 4:23:26 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (182372)	10/16/2005 10:30:24 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

RE: "Not sure, but why are you looking for Sandisk specifically?" No integration issues with Sandisk, compared to the others. Unrelated, but somewhat similar in concept - the hightech industry (top notebooks) currently don't work well with the industry's #1 GPS device and the #1 GPS mapping software via USB. This is because most GPS devices still use only the old serial ports, so most of the top notebook vendors got a bit sloppy by not properly testing against the new, popular USB GPS devices when downloading the #1 GPS mapping software from National Geographic. It's really frustrating for the hiking community when the #1 products have not been properly tested by notebook vendors. Regards, Amy J