dave
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Re: This idea dies because the ISPs won't allow it
said by mfallz :
but then the gov wants us to free out ap's so that some shmuck can make my internet go slower than it already is? Newsflash - MIT and Cambridge University are not branches of "the government". |
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dadkins
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2 edits | said by dave  :Newsflash - MIT and Cambridge University are not branches of "the government". "Municipal Wi-Fi Hitches Ride on Your Computer"
"Would you be willing to let the city access your broadband connection in order to build out municipal Wi-Fi?"
Ok dave, what does "Municipal" mean again? 
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dave
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1 edit | Sure, but the government is not asking anything. Some researchers are suggesting that government should ask.
Thus it's not "the govt wants" but "some researchers want the government to want".
Easy, really, this English stuff (once you've mastered spelling and punctuation). |
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dadkins
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4 edits | LMAO!
Re-read the article please, Thanks!
The whole concept is to have/let a municipality use your/my/our home connections to bolster a Muni-Fi.
Key word here dave - Municipal.
Main Entry: 1mu·nic·i·pal
Pronunciation: \myu̇-ˈni-s(ə pəl also myə-, mə-, -ˈni-sə-bəl, ÷ˌmyü-nə-ˈsi-pəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin municipalis of a municipality, from municip-, municeps inhabitant of a municipality, from munus duty, service + capere to take — more at mean, heave
Date: circa 1540
1: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)
2 a: of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality b: having local self-government
Yeah, English is rather easy - for some of us... |
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jester121
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| Okay, now that you have mastered dictionary lookups, let's move on to reading comprehension. (I'll pause here while you look up the big word...)
Here's what mfallz, our anonymous Comcastic genius said:
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I think this is rediculous. It's bad enough comcast is slow, but then the gov wants us to free out ap's so that some shmuck can make my internet go slower than it already is?
The astute dave pointed out that this entire idea is being floated by researchers at universities, NOT by any government entity. The MIT guys think that governments should try to set up something like this; no one from the government is proposing this, at least as far as the article is concerned.
Let us know when you're caught up with the rest of the class, and feel free to edit your post so you don't look quite so silly. |
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dadkins
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4 edits | Right, but *IF* this were to come into fruition, who will be the entity wanting to use our connection?
Can you say Local Government?
Reading is one part of English, comprehension is another, correct.
I was able to gather that the MIT guys want the local government(s) to use *our* connection for a Municipal WiFi project or projects.
Our anon friend, like most other people, thinks that this is a bad idea.
Answer this:
"Would you be willing to let the city access your broadband connection in order to build out municipal Wi-Fi?"
Government? Wanting to use my connection? So any moron can abuse the network?
What part of Hell No don't you understand?
Both of you should re-re-read the article *AND* every post following it.
The overwhelming consensus is negative(the opposite of positive) to having any Municipal (government, local) access to our home connections.
YMMV.
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