[GRLUG] NOT LINUX - local ISPs

[Tim Schmidt]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone ever hear about what happened
> to the GR initiative to provide wireless all
> over the city?  There was some fanfare
> 3 or so years ago.  A contract was supposedly
> let out to some company.  But then all went
> silent, with the usual lack of fanfare.
> I presume the effort is dead, but does anyone
> know anything specific about the situation?
> On another front,  Comcast now has about
> 15M data customers.  So is it more likely now
> to sit on the situation, as in a monopoly, or
> to provide some new and wonderful things,
> like something akin to FiOS?  It supposedly
> has some new tier services in the wings to
> roll out in this area now, but I haven't heard
> anything yet in my end of town.

I am very curious about this as well...  I remember the fanfare, and
have occasionally thought about it.  No clue what happened.

--tim