S.F. keeps pushing citywide Wi-Fi

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A few quick comments, too.

You wrote:
The support requirements could very easily be next to nil, with ISPs doing front-line support.

The ISPs, if they agree to go everywhere in a city, will have to be paid.
And someone has to be responsible for the users.


You wrote:
DOS-ing a wireless network is both harder to do and more tracable than the same trick with a callbox.

As the equivalent to snipping the cord on a police callbox, I was thinking of a destructive action at an installation, not a DoS attack.


You wrote:
In any case, the technology and cost motivators are driving cities to use wireless networking for everything from scheduling to stoplights and that's not going to change, so they're going to put in all of those access points regardless.

Not if they can't afford it because it's much more expensive than the costs of existing systems. Because those systems are already in place, the installation cost for them is obviously $0 (upgrades excluded).


You wrote:
The commercial monopolies (power, phone, and cable) on the other hand have gotten much more expensive while at best maintaining the prior low quality of service.

Well, the Mayor of San Francisco did say he was worried about the price rising eventually. (He was right to do so.)
At this time, however, cable and phone are still competing with each other and with other technologies. The price is comparatively low, for now.


Finally, you wrote:
At the service level, they don't need customers because they're provisioning their own needs and aren't displacing any of the current services.

Well, the plans we've been discussing have included providing services to residents of the municipalities. Comparable services are also provided by cable and telephone companies.
So, yes, they are in competition.

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