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To: combjelly who wrote (266366)	12/29/2005 2:04:45 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576012

CJ, what do you think? -Z jasonbrzoska.com Tasini's Campaign on Their Wireless Plan A typical city of 150 square miles costs about $20M to set up. And 30K square miles (i.e., 200 such "cities", at total cost of $4B) would get you most (in any case, well over 80 percent) of the US population. Or, looking at NYC, that's more than 8 million people within 309 square miles. So, to get the other 20 percent you might have to throw in another half a billion or so. We plan to modify our position slightly--to account for both the cost and coverage--but the basic proposal remains the same. We're working on a plan for rural coverage. I'll keep you posted.

To: combjelly who wrote (266366)	12/29/2005 11:44:51 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576012

"I'm saying that every wetlands is valuable as opposed to your statement that some are more valuable than others." It depends on your touchstone. Are you talking ecologically? If so, then all wetlands tend to be equal, water is a valuable ecological commodity. I thought we were talking ecologically......then again, that's not the norm for Tim. Are you talking economically? Then, that depends. Location and function is very important. Are you talking politically? Then location, the political cycle and local politics are much more important. If the wetland is in a swing state, then the local attitude is more important than anything else. Which is why Charlie was more important than Katrina or Rita... No, I understand that political and economic variations. I was talking ecological.....Tim may not have been. Speaking of hurricanes, FEMA finally got the trailers to NO. Now the mayor is having trouble convincing people its okay to put them up in the parks. Its the nimby[not in my back yard] attitude rearing its ugly head. If NO recovers from this mess, it will be a miracle and a testament to the staying power of cities. ted