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Contentious Wireless NOLA

No sooner had New Orleans announced a municipal wireless network than Bellsouth withdrew a donation of a building for a new police headquarters.

I wonder if Bellsouth had gotten their DSL net back up or offered a wireless service of their own whether NOLA would have gone ahead with a municipal wireless network? I can understand how Bellsouth might be upset about loss of revenue, but when will the big mini-Bells recognize that the spread of municipal or even wireless Internet networks is a market demand appearing because they haven’t provided access to the potential customers at a price the market will bear?

-jsq