Wireless Mesh May Be The Right Choice

The pentagon has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for Afghanistan and Iraq. San Francisco, California, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for local broadband infrastructure. Ypsilanti, Michigan, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for a nontechnical approach to local broadband infrastructure, monitored and operated by two fellows with laptops. Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for their "Canopy" approach to local broadband infrastructure for their city.

Perth Amboy has completed their pilot program, and reports the city will save some $10,000 per month in communications expenses. The cost for the canopy, on the other hand, is a cool $500,000. Five months break even point? You gotta be kidding!

Global Internet access will be handled separately. That means every house will most likely have either a home network with internal network routing (technical stuff), or, as the majority option, multiple computers that can be obtained through recycling centers (nontechnical preferred approach). If I were still in the labor force, I'd definitely get into the webcam reselling business in Perth Amboy.

It won't take long for them to ramp up their home digital recording studios, and start creating and producing their own live interactive tv and radio shows, their continuous telethons, continuous garage shopping network, and live, interactive town hall meetings ad nauseum. Congratulations to those three communities! Now, if the rest of the country could do the same.