[Cialug] wireless communities in Iowa?

[Tom Pohl]

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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