SF Wireless Plan
San Francisco politicians are proving that they are not really on the cutting edge, but rather in bed with big business like the rest of Washington. The mayor and his cohorts have recently placed a proposition on the November ballot asking the city to vote on a “free” municipal WiFi system. This is a joke. First it was touted as free access to anyone who could not afford it. Well, if you live in San Francisco and you cannot afford $10 a month for internet access, then surely you cannot afford a computer to begin with. Then Earthlink and Google said they could each build the wireless network…even though Eearthlink has no experience building or managing a WiFi network…great. But, in the end, why would we, the citizens of San Francisco, want to put money into an unreliable technology…especially when there are much better alternatives with more upside to the taxpaying citizens who are paying for this proposal? Got me. If we are going to pay to connect everyone, then let’s do it right. Let’s put in some fiber to each home. This means that we will not only have virtually unlimited bandwidth capabilities for internet connections, we will have virtually unlimited bandwidth for just about any service you can dream up including phone, video….[insert your idea here]. Politicians need to stop pandering to people and start serving the people that are paying their salary and electing them to do what is in the people’s best interests…not their buddies who let them use their jets and corporate homes.
