RE: Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American?
"Ian Pierce" <[email protected]>
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>There is no such thing as "free" internet. Access costs money. There's no such thing as a free market either, but many people still pretend it exists. >From: "Casey Halverson" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: SeattleWireless Talk List <[email protected]> >To: "SeattleWireless Talk List" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American? >Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:46:59 -0700 > >That's funny..."Un-American". I wouldn't go that far. > >There is no such thing as "free" internet. Access costs money. > >You can hide it in taxes, create a money pool to pay for services, or >donate it, but at the end of the day, someone has to pay the bill. > >Even non-internet community networks, like SeattleWireless, cost real >money to operate. > > > >________________________________ > > From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Mayor > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American? > > > Is Low-Cost Wi-Fi Un-American? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > by Timothy Karr, In These Times > > The telecom industry has a well-funded army who stand ready to >paint community Internet as an affront to American innovation and free >enterprise. > > Click here for article. >http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2071/ > <http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2071/> > >_______________________________________________ >Talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk