Comments on: Op-ed on wireless http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Preoccupations http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-255 Preoccupations Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:26:08 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-255 <strong>Wi-Fi for all</strong> BBC News:Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006. It seems such an agreeable proposition to everybody involved - cheap wi-fi for an entire city. A Wi-Fi for all

BBC News:Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006. It seems such an agreeable proposition to everybody involved – cheap wi-fi for an entire city. A

]]> By: Jyri http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-253 Jyri Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:39:56 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-253 Update: The pro-muni argument gets support from a member of Helsinki's city council in today's paper. Here's the link to the <a href="http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/uutiset/artikkeli/1101980628590" rel="nofollow">article</a> (requires login). Update: The pro-muni argument gets support from a member of Helsinki’s city council in today’s paper. Here’s the link to the article (requires login).

]]> By: Juan Freire http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-256 Juan Freire Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:25:31 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-256 <strong>¿Cómo conseguir acceso a redes wifi en las ciudades?</strong> Uno de las propuestas centrales del artículo de Jiry Engeström para las ciudades creativas (en Cities, technology, and ceativity) es el desarrollo de redes wifi abiertas. Ramón Sangüesa discutió en Reflexiones inseguras las propuestas de Engeström, y y... ¿Cómo conseguir acceso a redes wifi en las ciudades?

Uno de las propuestas centrales del artículo de Jiry Engeström para las ciudades creativas (en Cities, technology, and ceativity) es el desarrollo de redes wifi abiertas. Ramón Sangüesa discutió en Reflexiones inseguras las propuestas de Engeström, y y…

]]> By: Juan Freire http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-257 Juan Freire Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:23:19 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-257 <strong>¿Cómo conseguir acceso a redes wifi en las ciudades?</strong> Uno de las propuestas centrales del artículo de Jiry Engeström para las ciudades creativas (en Cities, technology, and ceativity) es el desarrollo de redes wifi abiertas. Ramón Sangüesa discutió en Reflexiones inseguras las propuestas de Engeström, y y... ¿Cómo conseguir acceso a redes wifi en las ciudades?

Uno de las propuestas centrales del artículo de Jiry Engeström para las ciudades creativas (en Cities, technology, and ceativity) es el desarrollo de redes wifi abiertas. Ramón Sangüesa discutió en Reflexiones inseguras las propuestas de Engeström, y y…

]]> By: Juan Freire http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-258 Juan Freire Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:53:11 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-258 <strong>Política y tecnología para las ciudades creativas</strong> La creatividad y la innovación son imprescindibles tanto para sostener nuestro crecimiento económico como para crear ciudades atractivas y dinámicas. Jiry Engeström ha publicado un provocador y magnífico artículo hace poco sobre Cities, technology, and... Política y tecnología para las ciudades creativas

La creatividad y la innovación son imprescindibles tanto para sostener nuestro crecimiento económico como para crear ciudades atractivas y dinámicas. Jiry Engeström ha publicado un provocador y magnífico artículo hace poco sobre Cities, technology, and…

]]> By: mymarkup.net http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-259 mymarkup.net Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:35:21 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-259 <strong>Good for business, good for people</strong> Jyri Engeström argumenterar för fria trådlösa stadsnät i söndagens Helsingin Sanomat. Texten finns på engelska i hans blogg: Few people... Good for business, good for people

Jyri Engeström argumenterar för fria trådlösa stadsnät i söndagens Helsingin Sanomat. Texten finns på engelska i hans blogg: Few people…

]]> By: Sulka Haro http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/08/op-ed-on-wireless.html#comment-254 Sulka Haro Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:11:41 +0000 http://www.zengestrom.com/?p=103#comment-254 For some reason, officials in Finland are hysterically trying to not to compete with the commercial sector. This was quite evident in how the digital television network was built - with practically the same funding all Finnish homes could have been plugged with fiber optic cables with enough bandwidth to support HDTV broadcasts and two-way broadband. Instead, the officials opted for classic one-way DVB-T network which provides too little bandwidth and bad quality signaling, causing normal television programs to look worse on digital than on analog. Rationale was not presented for the choice and when pressed about what strategies the officials would have for providing broadband coverage in Finland, the general public was told the "market forces" would take care of providing cheap and fast Internet access and that the government couldn't possibly have competed in this sector. Not surprisingly, people who live in remote areas of Finland are having trouble getting broadband at acceptable prices - or at all. And no, I don't have a clue as to what the picture might represent. :) For the english-speaking crowd, the word in the drawing is "money". For some reason, officials in Finland are hysterically trying to not to compete with the commercial sector.
This was quite evident in how the digital television network was built – with practically the same funding all Finnish homes could have been plugged with fiber optic cables with enough bandwidth to support HDTV broadcasts and two-way broadband. Instead, the officials opted for classic one-way DVB-T network which provides too little bandwidth and bad quality signaling, causing normal television programs to look worse on digital than on analog.
Rationale was not presented for the choice and when pressed about what strategies the officials would have for providing broadband coverage in Finland, the general public was told the “market forces” would take care of providing cheap and fast Internet access and that the government couldn’t possibly have competed in this sector. Not surprisingly, people who live in remote areas of Finland are having trouble getting broadband at acceptable prices – or at all.
And no, I don’t have a clue as to what the picture might represent. :) For the english-speaking crowd, the word in the drawing is “money”.

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