Comments on: “The Philadelphia Story: Learning from a Municipal Wireless Pioneer” http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/12/13/the-philadelphia-story-learning-from-a-municipal-wireless-pioneer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-philadelphia-story-learning-from-a-municipal-wireless-pioneer Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/12/13/the-philadelphia-story-learning-from-a-municipal-wireless-pioneer/#comment-31729 George Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:30:19 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6667#comment-31729 "There's really no money to build the public networks of the type the report suggests should be built -- even if the authors could be provably correct about the benefits and the correct mode of ownership compared to others." Actually there is plenty of money as long as we are prepared to look beyond the dichotomy of corporation/state. See www.copowi-project.com for a review of the report and a funding solution. “There’s really no money to build the public networks of the type the report suggests should be built — even if the authors could be provably correct about the benefits and the correct mode of ownership compared to others.”

Actually there is plenty of money as long as we are prepared to look beyond the dichotomy of corporation/state.

See http://www.copowi-project.com for a review of the report and a funding solution.

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/12/13/the-philadelphia-story-learning-from-a-municipal-wireless-pioneer/#comment-31101 Glenn Fleishman Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:25:45 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6667#comment-31101 One major problem with this report is that they appear to look to Boston as the potential success story of the model they think is the best. I like Boston's model, and have written positively about it, because it's an interesting alternative. But I have also thought it would be nearly impossible for Boston's non-profit to obtain the funding to build the network given the current climate. And that's turned out to be true so far. There's really no money to build the public networks of the type the report suggests should be built -- even if the authors could be provably correct about the benefits and the correct mode of ownership compared to others. One major problem with this report is that they appear to look to Boston as the potential success story of the model they think is the best. I like Boston’s model, and have written positively about it, because it’s an interesting alternative. But I have also thought it would be nearly impossible for Boston’s non-profit to obtain the funding to build the network given the current climate. And that’s turned out to be true so far.

There’s really no money to build the public networks of the type the report suggests should be built — even if the authors could be provably correct about the benefits and the correct mode of ownership compared to others.

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