Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:45:39 AM
Good News for Taxpayers in Chicago. They don't get good news about overspending very often for things a city should never spend money on. The city is dumping the Wi-Fi plan for the whole city. Read about it here. http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/532244,292NWS6.article
Of course the Sun-Times never noted the whole story about internet services provided by a city government. About the fact that no city in the U.S. has rolled out Wi-Fi service as a city service without losing plenty of money. Typical of a "mainstream" publication to not tell the whole story.
Internet services are something a government has no business providing. It cannot do what it does now very well. Why should it be taking on something private business has no trouble providing. Many people don't use or have no need for the internet. Why should they pay for someones else connection thru taxes.
On a different note: Am I the only one who thinks the blogging software that Townhall uses is crummy? I haven't been able to post for days due to the interface not working. The link button isn't working now so that why the article isn't hyperlinked. I have had issues with it since the beginning. It is broken all the time, and the Macintosh "support" leaves a lot to be desired. It doesn't work at all with Safari. I blog in a few different places, and townhall is by far the hardest place to blog, there is MUCH better software out there. Please, Please Townhall replace the blog software. Soon!
Update:
Townhall Tech : I cannot get this post to hyperlink the article above even though I can in other posts since, could you link it for me? There has to be another bug in the software. What are you guys using to run the blog, it must be a pain to keep it going! thanks