http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109833 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:04:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109833 In Holland we try to deploy municipal fiber in some cities and I can say: incuments’ tactics are not bounded to borders… It’s allways amusing to hear cableheads talking about the future potential of coax (“Wait until we have Docsis 2.0, it will fulfill all our needs! Really!”)and ignoring the future symmetrical capacity needed by customers.
Very short-sighted and to make things worse: our national government just is too affraid to support us. Those sissies are scared by the European Committee (which makes supra-national European legislation). That is really a pity and a potential risk for innovation in the long run. One of the main reasons for me (including alot of collegues) is to realize “open networks”, for every contentprovider, for all endusers. Municipal broadband networks, wireless or wirebound, It’s a way of thinking. I think it has a prosperous future.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109832 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:49:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109832 Hi I read your blog today very interesting stuff!
I’m in Broadband myself http://www.talkbroad.com
I will return often Thanks!

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109831 Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:15:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109831 [...] Thanks to Om for the heads up. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109830 Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:54:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109830 John, unfortunately we don’t have that option in san francisco. i hope the incumbents get their act together, and figure out that many of us would rather have more bandwidth than bad television shows.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109829 Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:42:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/30/the-politics-of-wireless-philadelphia/#comment-109829 Time Warner Cable generally provides unbundled cable broadband in their areas. However, they also provide bundled discounts– get cable TV and broadband, save $10/month on the package. (It’s similar for combinations that include their VOIP phone service.)

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