Comments on: NYCwireless posts response to NY Parks RFI http://www.muniwireless.com/2009/06/23/nycwireless-posts-response-to-ny-parks-rfi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nycwireless-posts-response-to-ny-parks-rfi 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: Brett Glass http://www.muniwireless.com/2009/06/23/nycwireless-posts-response-to-ny-parks-rfi/#comment-38446 Brett Glass Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=10964#comment-38446 The City is apparently proposing that providers operate the network with no public subsidy. This is doomed to failure, as it has been in other cities. Bandwidth hogs love these open, public networks; they freeload on them 24x7. And bandwidth costs money -- too much for a few quick (and easily filtered) ads to cover. If the City won't use tax dollars to pay for this service, it should not expect the effort to succeed. It's best to leave the provision of Internet service to private enterprise. The City is apparently proposing that providers operate the network with no public subsidy. This is doomed to failure, as it has been in other cities. Bandwidth hogs love these open, public networks; they freeload on them 24×7. And bandwidth costs money — too much for a few quick (and easily filtered) ads to cover. If the City won’t use tax dollars to pay for this service, it should not expect the effort to succeed.

It’s best to leave the provision of Internet service to private enterprise.

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