MTN & Portals
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Date:
Nov 08 04:54 UTC
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Peter Fleck wrote:
> I just heard about a proposal of Mayor Rybak's to cut MTN funding by
> $100,000 and use that money to fund the wireless community portals.
>
> http://blogs.citypages.com/ctg/2007/11/minneapolis_cab.php
>
> Does anyone have more information as to how this money would be used?
> Has anyone seen a plan or budget?
>
>
We have community portals - these are called libraries. Perhaps the
Mayor should reconsider giving them away. True story: a friend was
leaving an MPL library at closing time this fall and watched a guy drive
up, remove a lawn chair and laptop from his car, and settle in next to
the library wall getting to work on his computer. After hours. (Maybe
we need some outdoor electrical connections for outdoor library
connectors.) This is not so crazy. I was vacationing in WI and in the
nearby small town, the library was only open limited hours a couple days
a week. No other hot spots in town. The librarian urged me to connect
via laptop standing outside the library. This method hadn't crossed my
mind - I'm too used to coffee shops.
I thought MTN was paid for by the cable contract. Did the City include
this when changing cable companies?
Shawne FitzGerald
Powderhorn