Comments on: Guide to Developing Low-Cost Wireless Networks http://maymay.net/blog/2006/01/27/guide-to-developing-low-cost-wireless-networks/ The brutally honest, first-person account of Meitar Moscovitz's life. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Meitar http://maymay.net/blog/2006/01/27/guide-to-developing-low-cost-wireless-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-9670 Meitar Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:48:11 +0000 http://maymay.net/blog/archives/2006/01/27/guide-to-developing-low-cost-wireless-networks/#comment-9670 <blockquote>The US may lagging now, by not for too long.</blockquote> The only way the Unites States will be able to catch up with the rest of the developed world is if the government reverses some very silly policies and stops big corporations like Verizon and SBC from destroying municipal and community wireless projects, such as Wireless Philadelphia, which was almost crushed before it ever started. The Washington Monthly has a <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0601.podesta.html" title="Let There Be Wi-Fi" rel="nofollow">great article</a> on this topic that gives a pretty good overview of the current situation.

The US may lagging now, by not for too long.

The only way the Unites States will be able to catch up with the rest of the developed world is if the government reverses some very silly policies and stops big corporations like Verizon and SBC from destroying municipal and community wireless projects, such as Wireless Philadelphia, which was almost crushed before it ever started. The Washington Monthly has a great article on this topic that gives a pretty good overview of the current situation.

]]> By: Nick Moscovitz http://maymay.net/blog/2006/01/27/guide-to-developing-low-cost-wireless-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-9669 Nick Moscovitz Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:59:45 +0000 http://maymay.net/blog/archives/2006/01/27/guide-to-developing-low-cost-wireless-networks/#comment-9669 The "advantage" in being a part of the Developing World has to do with the lack of physical infrastructure. While in the 20th century America and Europe were criscrossed with cables, the Developing World just waited for the technology to afford them with the same options everyone else takes for granted. The US may lagging now, by not for too long. The world just got much smaller and much bigger at once. I think it's wonderful. The “advantage” in being a part of the Developing World has to do with the lack of physical infrastructure. While in the 20th century America and Europe were criscrossed with cables, the Developing World just waited for the technology to afford them with the same options everyone else takes for granted. The US may lagging now, by not for too long. The world just got much smaller and much bigger at once. I think it’s wonderful.

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