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Rizzo: Party Like It’s 1999, Philadelphia! |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Friday, 11 March 2005 |
Amended from Wi-Fi Networking News:
"Councilman Frank Rizzo suggests Philadelphia re-activate Ricochet network:
I’d like to ridicule Rizzo here as I have elsewhere for making
statements that have little technical merit and use dubious background
research that comes from paid-for policy institute reports. But I
can’t. This is a very interesting idea, reactivating the former
Metricom’s ubiquitous low-broadband-speed network as an experiment."
While a modern infrastructure is needed for Philadelphia’s
public-safety purposes and for their broadband proposal, reactivating
Ricochet would allow the city to start immediately on bridging the
digital divide at an extremely low cost. It’s a way to test how the
market and citizens respond to faster-than-dial-up. There’s very little
risk, and the company that owns Metricom’s assets appears eager to be
involved.
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