[Wolves] support this

[Richard Smedley]

On Tuesday 14 November 2006 10:33, Kevanf1 wrote:
> > > http://gadgetshow.five.tv/campaign/wifi/
> >
> > Who is going to pay for free wifi?

> It would end up as another excuse to tax the populace.  

Of course. And it would probably be implemented in the
least economical and/or useful way :-/

But the worst thing about the Channel 5 campaign is that
they want us taxpayers to pay for this in *cities*
Rural taxpayers[1] already pay for a host of things they don't
have access to, from subsidised public transport to
pavements, streetlights and mains sewage. To have to
pay for wireless access which would benefit mostly those
that can afford their own is outrageous. :-(

Far better would be free wi-fi in deprived areas where there
has been little broadband take up, and PC ownership is currently
low. This could be in conjunction with re-cycled PCs running GNU,
and training in their use.
I'm looking at such a scheme myself, but the main problem is the
copious amounts of money sloshing around to fund broadband
initiatives don't seem to have a way of actually leaving the
funding and consultative bodies, and reaching the projects :-/

> Most likely 
> ending up far more expensive than buying wifi access time that is
> currently available.  Or, it would be funded by masses of extremely
> annoying adverts - anybody else sick of the stupid two runners on
> Yahoo Mail that seem almost impossible to clear?

A little ironic in a message with *twenty* lines beneath the .sig bar ;^P

btw hello to wolves list, I don't think I've got round to posting here
before =o)

 - Richard

[1] Of course I don't expect the townies who make up the list to
be reaching for their handkerchieves here ;^/

-- 
Richard Smedley,                                    richard at sc.lug.org.uk
Sustainable IT Consultant
                            ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''