MsGeek
We Jam Econo On This Ship, Sailor
join:2001-06-06
Panorama City, CA
 ·DSL EXTREME
| Now to get this in Los Angeles...
LA has been slowly but surely opening up free access points. The closest one to me is run by aiirmesh (no, that is not a typo, that's what they call themselves) and is located in the Van Nuys Civic Center. There's also some in select LA Public Library buildings, and one in Pershing Square. The latter should be quite useful for those staying at the Biltmore Downtown.
I don't mind one bit if LA City gets into the Broadband business. It would be good to light a fire under the butts of monopolists like the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (SBC or VZ depending on where you are in LA) and the cable companies with the threat of ubiquitous 802.11b/g bandwidth. It would also be a plus for tourists and people coming here on business trips or for conventions.
The ILECs and the Cable Companies hate this, and that's why they are whining to their buddies in the Senate and House to "Ban this! P-P-P-PlEEEze!" (Think Roger Rabbit when you read that last line.)
Yeah, we'll pay for it somehow or another. But it might light a fire under VZ to get more FiOS installations in LA County, and SBC to get their fiber-to-the-premises thing going. It might also force whoever's taking over from Adelphia to upgrade cable systems.
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