[Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

[Theron Conrey]

BS On what? The fact that I think modern education in public schools is lacking? Or the authenticity of the link?  Snopes hasn't interviewed me (that I know of) and Snopes doesn't claim that the document isn't real.  They're claiming that "the assumption that the level of education in public schools is declining" is FALSE.  Nothing against Snopes, but I'm calling BS on them, and that you read the whole snopes article. :)

-Theron

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Pohl
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:00 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

I call BS :)

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

-Tom

On Oct 15, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Theron Conrey wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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