[IP] more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Mark Blacknell <blacknell@gmail.com>
Date: July 26, 2005 10:25:27 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net, ccr7@cornell.edu
Cc: Ip ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
Reply-To: mb@blacknell.net


The Mall is also a nice place for studying, quiet review of work
projects, and pretty much any other activity that goes on in America.
 Adding wireless access permits more of that, and doesn't take
anything away from anyone doing anything that Cliff speaks of.  As to
adding to the yammering, it's obviously been a while since Cliff
strolled down the Mall - see how many Hill and agency staffers you
have to dodge while they peck away on their Blackberries and tourists
calling home, "Guess where I am, Mom!"

(As an aside, I went to see Treasure of the Sierra Madre at the
"Screen on the Green" last night, a giant outdoor movie theater set up
on the Mall at 7th St. (between the Air & Space Museum and the
National Galleries.  It was a wonderful experience for the thousands
of people who came down to picnic and watch a movie, all courtesy of
the wonders of being plugged in.  Highly recommended.)

On 7/26/05, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Clifford Rohde <ccr7@cornell.edu>
> Date: July 25, 2005 8:50:29 PM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Subject: RE: [IP] Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
>
>
> I'm a technophile and big believer in the advantages of readily
> available
> communications media (including free to the public services). That
> said, why
> would the public want this and shouldn't the burden be on its
> proponents to
> prove it's a good thing rather than everyone else to prove it's a bad
> thing?
> The Mall is a nice play to jog, stroll, fly a kite and even find, on
> occasion, quiet solitude among the national monuments. There are
> increasingly fewer public places to engage in such unplugged,
> unmechanized
> activities, especially where most others present are unplugged.
> Opening our
> public green spaces to laptops and more yammering (VOIP I suppose)
> phoners
> seems a bit like opening wilderness trails to snowmobiles and ATVs.
> What am
> I missing?
>
> /cliff rohde
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ip@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-ip@v2.listbox.com] On
> Behalf Of
> David Farber
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:18 PM
> To: Ip ip
> Subject: [IP] Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
> Importance: High
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: John Scott <johnmscott@mindspring.com>
> Date: July 25, 2005 6:27:40 PM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Cc: Greg Staple <info@openpark.net>
> Subject: FW: Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
> Reply-To: johnmscott@mindspring.com
>
>
> NEED SUPPORT!!!
>
> Dave, for IP,
>
> The Open Park initiative (www.openpark.net) is leading an effort to
> deploy
> hot spots (for free) on the Mall in Washington DC, at no cost to  
> the tax
> payer or the Smithsonian (all hardware/software/bandwidth costs are
> being
> taken care of). All that is needed is a little bit of roof space on
> top of a
> few of the Smithsonian Buildings.
>
>
> Letters of support have been received from Congress and more recently
> Vint
> Cerf. We need a final push of positive support from the inter-webs to
> let
> the Smithsonian Board of Regents know that the public wants this and
> that
> its not a bad thing.
>
> Letters to the Smithsonian should be directed to addresses at this  
> link
> (with a CC to
> info@openpark.net) : http://www.openpark.net/smithsonianContact.html :
>
> Lawrence M. Small
> Secretary
> Smithsonian Institution
> Castle Bldg., Room 205
> 1000 Jefferson Drive SW
> Washington, DC 20560
> smalll@si.edu
> Fax: (202) 786-2515
>
> Sheila P. Burke
> Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Smithsonian Institution
> Castle
> Bldg., Room 219 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC 20560
> burkesp@si.edu
> Fax: (202) 357-7031
>
> Roger Sant
> Chair, Smithsonian Board of Regents
> Executive Committee
> c/o The Summit Foundation
> 2100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
> Suite 525
> Washington, DC 20037
> achupp@summitfdn.org
> Fax: (202) 912-2901
>
> Alan Spoon
> Smithsonian Board of Regents
> Executive Committee
> c/o Polaris Venture Partners
> 1000 Winter Street
> Suite 3350
> Waltham, MA 02451
> aspoon@polarisventures.com
> Fax: (781) 290- 0880
>
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