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Wireless network access rather than wireless net (Score:1)
However, maybe wireless networks without internet access could be a way forward. The cost could be offset by local advertising on centrally controlled servers, and via a co-operative arangement with internet suppliers.
Need train times, a pizza - just connect up to the local net and search for it.
Internet access however, would be through gateways, to whom you would pay your connectivity fee - if you need to check your email connect up via the local wireless network, out through a gateway and pay for it.
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Re:Wireless network access rather than wireless ne (Score:2)
And in that case, I'm all for it. Not because it's private industry (I'm not trying to be a Libertarian-only here), but because it's the kind of thing that private industry can (and does) provide, and therefore the city should stay out of it for the reasons I've listed.