» BellSouth is on the verge of convincing the Louisiana legislature to shut down a free emergency wi-fi network New Orleans has provided for residents following Hurricane Katrina. "If I have to go to jail, I guess I will.... But we simply cannot turn off these few lifelines we have to our city and businesses." Greg Meffert, CIO of New Orleans. (via c'ist)
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BellSouth to cut off emergency wifi to NO
[ 03.28.06 ]
A similar situation has occurred in Texas. Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight Silverman covered it back in July 05 (http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2005/07/heres_why_sbcs.html) and again in November (http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2005/11/should_the_city.html).
Not the first time a utility has tried to use the Legislature to curtail competition!