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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
wi oh wi
Posted
By Cathy Resmer
on Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 7:45 AM
Just got an email asking if I'd seen the wi-fi coverage in the NYT recently. Yes, I saw that both Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof have written about the merits of wi-fi. There's a nice little write-up on them both by Andrew Rasiej at The Huffington Post.
Here's this interesting bit from Kristof, that I think probably relates to VT:
...we need to envision broadband Internet access as just another utility, like electricity or water. Often the best way to provide that will be to blanket a region with Wi-Fi coverage to create wireless computer networks, rather than running D.S.L., cable or fiber-optic lines to every home. So if the first step was to get Americans wired, the next step is to make them wireless.
Wireless is particularly attractive in Vermont, where wiring rural homes is impractical. Hey, if the cowboy country in eastern Oregon that Kristof visits in his column can build a wifi network, then we should be able to get it here. I know I need to write about some of the rural wireless initiatives in VT. I'm told that Cloud Alliance is up and running, or about to be.
So where does Tim Nulty's vision for wired homes through Burlington Telecom fit into all of this?
And fyi, if you scroll down on the BT home page, you'll see a link to the Friday Coffeeblogging podcast in which Nulty appears. The BT web guy asked Bill's permission to put it up there. An interesting example of the value of citizen journalism.
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Cathy Resmer
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Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
