http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enWed, 15 Aug 2007 20:17:24 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-1451799Katrina and Iraq just show the necessity of having a well-run government, by those who believe government should be well run, instead of by those who want to do away with it.eee_effWed, 15 Aug 2007 20:17:24 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-1451798I thought this was the age of Katrina, the Iraq war, and the I-35 Bridge . . . .jimharperWed, 15 Aug 2007 10:41:41 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/08/14/municipal-wi-fi-stalls-market-surges-forward/#comment-1451800<i>Rather than looking backward and modeling themselves after past state-run follies, cities could take a leading role in increasing competition.</i><br><br>Cord:<br><br>It's not the 90's anymore, and there is no consensus that everything that is "state-run" is a "folly." In the age of Enron, global warming, Vioxx, the working assumption is that for-profit means corrupt. I don't completely share that but it is out there.<br><br>There are plenty of examples of well run govt initiatives, and it seems to me that the smaller scale efforts are often very well run.<br><br>In particular, in the last post about municipal Wi-Fi I compared the se efforts to municipal libraries, and I don't think you demonstrated that this analogy is flawed in any significant way.<br><br>You did, however, demonstrate antipathy towards public libraries.eee_effTue, 14 Aug 2007 21:51:36 -0000