[Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

[Tom Poe]

Theron Conrey wrote:
> Not sure how Qwest can say that unless they're actually providing the ISP service as well.  Interesting.
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> -Theron
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> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Poe
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:17 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?
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> Well, I've pretty much made up my mind.  It's time to move on.  Had a city official tell me in writing, they will not support community wireless initiatives, unless there are franchise fees involved.  I was also told by a city official that Qwest will not permit Meraki units to be used for shared Internet access from one house to another in Charles City.  That means our mayor has committed to providing a second-rate education to our kids while on his watch, because he objects to affordable "last mile solutions" for our kids.
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> So, anyone know a community that has "unwired" in Iowa?
> Tom Poe, Charles City, Iowa
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Qwest didn't say it, a city official said it, which is worse.  Either 
the city official wanted to lay the "authority" on Qwest, in order to 
communicate that the city does not want citizen initiatives, or the city 
official ran to Qwest to let them know there was trouble afoot in the 
community that might impact on Qwest's bottom line.  If there's another 
explanation, I'll be interested to find out.
Tom