[Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

[Theron Conrey]

To completely take this off topic, I'm not sold on the whole 21st Century education:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/saline/society/exam.html

-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 3:04 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> 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:
>
>> 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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