New Orleans to Deploy Free Wi-Fi City Wide 363
Lawrence_Bird writes "The Washington Post is reporting that New Orleans will deploy a city wide wi-fi network with free public access. Much of the equipment has been donated, but New Orleans will own and operate the network. Interestingly, they are only able to do this while a state of emergency remains in place as technically their planned 512Kbps service violates state law prohibiting municipalities from offering access at speeds in excess of 144Kbps, a restriction the city plans on fighting even though they will eventually outsource the whole operation."
Uhhh (Score:2, Funny)
FREE WI-FI IN NEW ORLEANS!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but does it work underwater? (Score:5, Funny)
This is much a better solution than spending that money on something as trivial as a safe levee system or housing for homeless people. This free wi-fi is actually working out quite well for them.
already taking tips... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Uhhh (Score:3, Funny)
"Um sir, wasn't that disabled in XP SP2?"
"Crap."
Re:Hmmmm...... (Score:2, Funny)
With the wireless tech you could alleviate the need to run Cat5. And what do you mean by storms - does it tangle and you get mad?
What I want to know is . . . (Score:2, Funny)
Y'know, if the same mentality were applied to some existing government services . . .
(Caller): Help! My house is on fire!
(Phone voice): Do you have a FlameOut (tm) customer ID number?
(Caller): No, but my house is burning! My children are in there--Please help me!
(Phone voice): I'm sorry, but since you're not a FlameOut (tm) customer, I can't help you. However, we will be rolling our FlameOut (tm) Wagons to protect your neighbor, who I see is a subscriber in good standing. Thank you for notifying us of this condition and have a nice day.
{CLICK}
YAY! (Score:2, Funny)
mardi gras (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Quoi? (Score:3, Funny)
the government is composed of -- gasp -- citizens, not space aliens from Uranus.
having dealt with some of the local govt employees, I wouldn't be sure of that.Re:The disaster isn't over... (Score:2, Funny)