wow. that is some awesome advice. i was sort of kidding, but with this advice i just may take it on as a project. it would look good on my resume when i graduate from college. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM, tom <tompoe at meltel.net> wrote: > Hi: Think about presenting the idea of a local broadband infrastructure > to your local mayor. If the mayor likes the idea, the next step is to > meet with his tech advisor. Open-mesh.com appears to sell wifi that > each house can use to establish community wide local broadband > infrastructure without Internet access. Units priced at $29 per house, > one-time fee. With the local broadband infrastructure in place, the > city can coordinate with ISP that wants to gain access to the broadband > infrastructure to provide affordable pricing. If not, then the > community can set up virtual world, and work within the community. > > This "last mile" is actively legislated as illegal at the community and > state level. The local hospital can gain access to the infrastructure > for telemedicine programs in return for affordable Internet access. > Grocery stores can offer "branded" network services, etc. Since each > community connects to other communities through WiMAX, it doesn't take > long to connect a state, and bypass ISP/Phone/Cable thugs. > > Legally, your mayor will be told quickly by the telecoms that you can't > do this community initiative. No need for you to pay a lawyer, yet. > Happy Holidays, > Tom Poe, Eden Valley, MN > > On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 14:16 -0600, Sean Waite wrote: > > Who do I call for legal advice? > > > > Sean Waite > > swaite at sbn-services.com > > (612) 669-8858 > > > > > > > > At Wednesday, 22-12-2010 on 14:09 Ryan Coleman wrote: > > I had " Subject: Re: [tclug-list] tclug-list Digest, Vol 72, > > Issue 29" which is normal for "r j" to not actually give his > > emails a subject when he replies in digest mode. > > > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Samael wrote: > > > > > seems to be the same subject to me. it is an alternative to > > > what ron johnson had suggested. thank you for your advice > > > though. i will keep it in mind next time i want to change > > > the subject. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ryan Coleman > > > <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > > > Just changing the subject line so people can > > > follow. > > > > > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Samael wrote: > > > > > > > fcc opend up bandwidth for public use. we could > > > > make a wireless mesh network consisting of > > > > multiple antena and start our own internet. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:43 PM, r j > > > > <ronsmailbox5 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Back to the air for me. > > > > Any one else Interested in metro wide > > > > public Wimaxx? > > > > ,RJ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101222/0e680013/attachment-0001.htm