Big Easy to Telcos: Stick It

Using donated equipment the city of New Orleans set up a free WiFi network to enable communications after Katrina. The Evil Empires BellSouth and Cox Communications are opposed to its continued operation. New Orleans technology chief Greg Meffert says the system will stay up. "In the end, it takes a federal judge to issue a restraining order," he said. "Until that point, if that point ever comes, we'll keep running it. It's a lifeline to these people."

 

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