[Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

[Tom Poe]

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> Whats to stop you from doing it? You don't need qwest to do it, and the
> city can't stop you. 
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> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 15:03 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
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>> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
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>>> Uhhh... how is that Qwest can say that? Is qwest saying no open access
>>> points hooked up to their DSL?
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 14:16 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
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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.
>>>>
>>>> So, anyone know a community that has "unwired" in Iowa?
>>>> Tom Poe, Charles City, Iowa
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>> Technically, the issue was a "last mile solution" for our kids.  Using 
>> Meraki units in each home, it becomes a simple $50 per house (one time 
>> fee) and a shared monthly Internet access payment of approximately $3 
>> per house per month.  This enables every kid to access the ICN school 
>> network and get a 21st century education.  The mayor and Qwest 
>> (apprarently) have decided that our kids will get second-rate education, 
>> period.  No community inititatives to provide affordable "last mile 
>> solution" allowed, especially if it undermines the bottom line.
>> Tom
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I am doing it.  My beef is with the issue of a "last mile solution" 
being implemented for the 1600 kids in our community.  If the city 
stands up and tells the community the city endorses the most affordable 
"last mile solution", which is, today, using Meraki units in each house, 
and it costs the city nothing to say that, then the project will gain a 
groundswell.  The city doesn't want to do that, because they have an 
agenda that apparently is in conflict with such initiatives.

In the meantime, it's a neighbor-by-neighbor labor of love.  :)
Tom