[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: Public Wireless Networks Fight Back

[dwayne]

"Anderson, Steven" wrote:
> 
> If you don't want to read a bit of rant delete now!
> 
> I would have to say I wasn't happy with the way we went about "dropping"
> AWA, but after reading that interview I think it was the right way to go.

Well, no, putting it to the membership to decide was the right way to go.
(Yeah, argue the toss about the definition of "membership" but you know what I
mean)

> Good luck if AWA can make their model work, but the people I have spoken to
> (non techies) about this are interested in Wireless for two reasons.
> It is cheap and has no ongoing fees - (and you don't need to pay an ISP
> and/or Telco)
> Ability to get/share community information, chat etc etc and again not have
> to pay to get this via their ISP and/or Telco.

This is pretty much my angle on it, plus the local community development
issues, which will take years to sort out.

Dwayne

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