Comments on: Paris Mayor: Free Internet For All http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alwayslookaround (and occasionally tell about it) http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112993 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:43:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112993 [...] Wilson posted a link to an article by Om Malik about the Mayor of Paris wanting free wireless internet access for all. I lived in Paris for about [...]

]]> By: Paris Brings Electric Cars to the People [Paris] | Travel Last minute? http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112992 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:51:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112992 [...] a good rep). His latest effort, after launching a progressive bike rental program and an attempt to bring free wifi to the entire city, is a new electric car rental service called Automobiles-en-Libre-Service. As is [...]

]]> By: One World Under WiFI http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112991 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:34:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112991 [...] GigaOm [...]

]]> By: Media SITREP » Does Muni Broadband Make Sense? http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112990 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:05:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112990 [...] The AP is reporting the latest on Philadelphia’s deal with EarthLink to provide municipal wireless broadband. I’m in favor of the notion of “Internet for all,” but am not convinced that this makes sense. Arguments against muni-wifi include worries that government intervention will harm commercial investment. Furthermore, Philly city government does not have the best record for business relations. In Philadelphia, EarthLink will own the network and charge a wholesale rate of $9 a month to Internet service providers that would then resell access to the public, according to Dianah Neff, the city’s chief information officer.The contract doesn’t specify the monthly rate that would be charged to consumers, but Neff said the wholesale price is low enough to enable ISPs to offer low-cost services. City officials had been trying to keep the monthly price to $20 or less.The contract will go before the City Council for approval in February. Construction should start right after the contract is signed. EarthLink will build the network initially over a 15-square-mile area in Northeast Philadelphia to prove the system will work, Neff said. If successful, citywide access could be turned on by spring 2007.EarthLink also will pay the city and Wireless Philadelphia, the nonprofit handling the project, a fee to mount equipment on city infrastructure, such as lamp posts. [...]

]]> By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Now Vienna Plans a Fiber Network http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112989 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:13:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112989 [...] A few weeks after Mayor of Paris decided that the city needed a fiber network for universal Internet access, the city of Vienna (Austria) has announced similar plans, according to Heise.de, a German tech news publication. The city will try and get fiber connections to about 960,000 households, and hopes that the work for first 50,000 home pilot will start in February, with likely connections by this summer. The city is said to be in talks with real estate owners, the report says. The network which will be IPv6 ready will be looking to provide one gigabit per second connections. This is a trend started by folks in Amsterdam, and is clearly gaining momentum across Europe. (Hat Tip, Dirk!) [...]

]]> By: Om Malik on Broadband : » First ADSL2+, Then Fiber http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112988 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:29:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112988 [...] A few days ago I pointed out that Mayor of Paris was looking to get a fiber network rolled out in the city. Now there is word that France Telecom will soon start testing a “very high speed” data offering in six districts in Paris and six cities in Hauts-de-Seine using Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technology. And it could happen before the summer of 2006. [...]

]]> By: Computerworld Blogs http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112987 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:09:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112987 Lying startups outed (and I see tiny things)

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we look at the lies entrepreneurs use. Not to mention a big "hello" to Daniel J. Geduld, who is blogging from his digital microscope…

]]> By: Didier DURAND http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112986 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:05:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112986 Maybe free wifi by Yahoo in Paris like Google in Mountain view?

By anyway Yahoo Link (= free wifi) soon in Paris via hotels like Sheraton: check http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060109-133346

(or my blog if you read french at http://media-tech.blogspot.com/2006/01/yahoo-link-avec-sheraton-plus-malin.html)

regards from France

didier

]]> By: alwayslookaround http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112985 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:05:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112985 we should (and can) do it too!

Fred Wilson posted a link to an article by Om Malik about the Mayor of Paris wanting free wireless access for all.  I lived in Paris for about a year, and I was blown away by how much more reliable (not to mention clean!) the Paris Metro system is com...
]]> By: The other side of the firewall » Free Wifi in the Parisian subway. http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112984 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:05:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112984 [...] Om Malik says the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, wants to push development of a city wide telecom to deliver free access to the Internet: His intentions were first reported in Nouvel Observateur, quite a serious newspaper. James Enck says, “The article refers to a city-wide network, and also seems to suggest that the Mayor has aspirations of offering free narrowband internet access and local telephony to residents of more modest economic means.” [...]

]]> By: It looks obvious http://gigaom.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112983 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:04:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/09/paris-mayor-free-internet-for-all/#comment-112983 How Expensive is Free?

Fred Wilson praises the mayor of Paris that wants free WiFi for all . How expensive is this “Free” actually ? How mach is the cost of breaking the free market by building government monopoly? And is it less expensive to pay for WiFi th…

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