Comments on: For a 21st Century Education Wireless is a No-brainer http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2007/06/08/for-a-21st-century-education-wireless-is-a-no-brainer/ Join the Debate! Read and comment on articles posted on actlocallysf.org. Fri, 16 May 2008 18:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Bruce Wolfe http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2007/06/08/for-a-21st-century-education-wireless-is-a-no-brainer/#comment-671 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:25:52 +0000 http://actlocallysf.org/blog/topic/2007/06/08/for-a-21st-century-education-wireless-is-a-no-brainer/#comment-671 Folks, Whether we like the contract or not we really have to pay attention to the winds of change in the marketplace. Despite the want or need for this contract to be successful, the market doesn't wait for the public or government. It has investors and market standing that is far more priority to leveraging their profits and cash flow. This may mean for any good businessperson that a shift in strategy is essential, if not, imminent. With that, we must keep our ears to the rails. Here is a major rumbling that we must not discount on our issue at hand from the new CEO of Earthlink, Rolla Huff. Respectfully, Bruce ===================== http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200000837 "The real question around municipal Wi-Fi is, 'What is the economic model going to look like?' " said Huff. "At end of day, we all have to understand what it's going to take to make money at this." If he decides the business modwl is cloudy, Huff said, he won't hesitate to pull the plug -- even on highly visible projects like the Google-Earthlink effort to build a wireless network for San Francisco. "To the extent I don't think we have the capability to get to the point of profitability, I'll make that judgment, too."<ul><li><label>Overall Rating</label>: 1</li> </ul> Folks,
Whether we like the contract or not we really have to pay attention to the winds of
change in the marketplace. Despite the want or need for this contract to be successful,
the market doesn’t wait for the public or government. It has investors and market
standing that is far more priority to leveraging their profits and cash flow. This may
mean for any good businessperson that a shift in strategy is essential, if not, imminent.

With that, we must keep our ears to the rails. Here is a major rumbling that we must not
discount on our issue at hand from the new CEO of Earthlink, Rolla Huff.

Respectfully,
Bruce

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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200000837
“The real question around municipal Wi-Fi is, ‘What is the economic model going to look
like?’ ” said Huff. “At end of day, we all have to understand what it’s going to take to
make money at this.”

If he decides the business modwl is cloudy, Huff said, he won’t hesitate to pull the plug — even on highly visible projects like the Google-Earthlink effort to build a wireless network for San Francisco. “To the extent I don’t think we have the capability to get to the point of profitability, I’ll make that judgment, too.”

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