Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > San Antonio
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 12-09-2008, 02:13 PM
 
14,637 posts, read 35,045,611 times
Reputation: 6683

Advertisements

Plug Pulled On City-Wide Wi-Fi Plan | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

Too expensive.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 12-09-2008, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
13,815 posts, read 29,402,807 times
Reputation: 4025
good way to guarantee wages will stay nice and low..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-09-2008, 02:45 PM
Bo Bo won $500 in our forum's Most Engaging Poster Contest - Tenth Edition (Apr-May 2014). 

Over $104,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum and additional contests are planned
 
Location: Ohio
17,107 posts, read 38,126,094 times
Reputation: 14447
Quote:
Originally Posted by sapphire View Post
Too expensive.

Too likely to provide competition for broadband/wireless service that people pay AT&T for is probably a factor, too.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-09-2008, 03:24 PM
 
1,131 posts, read 1,781,379 times
Reputation: 493
Quote:
Originally Posted by rd2007 View Post
good way to guarantee wages will stay nice and low..
Did you miss this?

Quote:
This comes as dozens of other cities nationwide are abandoning or scaling back on city-wide Wi-Fi.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-09-2008, 04:05 PM
 
260 posts, read 1,136,401 times
Reputation: 147
It was doomed from the start - it's insanely expensive, and even if rolled out the bandwidth would be horrible. It really only works for densely populated urban centers... and even then, it robs business from local companies.

Wireless hotspots at libraries and some public buildings is much more feasible...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Texas > San Antonio
Similar Threads
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:09 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top