Re: Bait and Switch?

You should also note. Matt lampe the CTO will be leaving the city of  
Portland at the end of the month

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On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Michael Weinberg <michael.weinberg-LS+HbC+WUqwFvAYqzeGVJV6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org 
 > wrote:

> On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Sam Churchill wrote:
>
>> Well, this is newsy!
>>
>> I would like to include a reaction from PersonalTelco members. Who
>> wants to
>> step up and be quoted? Russell? Michael? Don?
>
> Quotable:
>
> I have always maintained that free access on this scale requires
> someone to actually give something away. Personal Telco volunteers
> have slowly but surely expanded wireless availability because we give
> away our time, and node hosts share their internet connections.
> Google appears to have had some success with their Mountain View
> deployment because they are giving away access, without expectation
> of a direct financial return.
>
> Regardless of MetroFi's future, Portland will continue to have ever-
> expanding free wireless access thanks to the efforts of Personal
> Telco volunteers who are deploying nodes and teaching their neighbors
> to do so as well.
>
>
>> - Sam Churchill
>> DailyWireless
>> -----------------------------
>> On 10/5/07, Brian Moon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> What does "anchor tenancy" mean? What does it look like?
>>>
>>> My first thought was of a shopping mall: a bunch of stores, mostly
>>> small,
>>> with a large store (Macy's or Sears, for example) as a big draw.
>>>
>>> But I don't know how that would work for municipal wireless.
>>>
>>> On 10/5/07, Michael Weinberg <michael.weinberg-LS+HbC+WUqwFvAYqzeGVJV6hYfS7NtTn@public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It would appear that MetroFi is now refusing to build networks
>>>> without anchor tenant agreements, regardless of prior contracts.
>>>> After first backing away from cities where they had won bids but  
>>>> not
>>>> signed contracts, MetroFi has now declared that they are halting
>>>> their Portland deployment indefinitely, with a not so subtle
>>>> suggestion that the future of the deployment will hinge on whether
>>>> Portland decides to become an anchor tenant. [1 + 2]
>>>>
>>>> Many people--including PTP members, City Commissioners, Business
>>>> Journalists and bloggers--questioned the MetroFi business plan, and
>>>> suggested that muni-wireless by a private business could not work
>>>> without an anchor tenant. MetroFi, though, insisted at their
>>>> appearance before Portland's City Council that city-generated
>>>> revenues would make up at most 25% of MetroFi's income. Given that
>>>> they made this pronouncement, specifically in response to questions
>>>> about the financial viability of their model, it seems they had the
>>>> opportunity to demand anchor tenancy, but they declined it.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bait and switch, or is it just a reasonable adjustment  
>>>> for
>>>> market realities?
>>>>
>>>> More importantly, I expect that at this point, they are pushing the
>>>> City to enter into an anchor tenancy agreement, and if you have an
>>>> opinion regarding which course the city should take, I recommend  
>>>> you
>>>> write the Mayor and City Commissioners letting them know what you
>>>> think. [3]
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://www.kgw.com/video/video-index.html?nvid=181025
>>>>
>>>> [2] http://blog.oregonlive.com/business/2007/10/
>>>> mayors_office_portland_wifi_ne.html
>>>>
>>>> [3] http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?c=28533
>>>>
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