South Carolina Could Be Country's First Wireless State (state plans free wireless Internet service)

WYFF ^ | May 1, 2007

[Between the Lines]

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Soon, the entire state of South Carolina could go wireless.

Many spots in the state still don't have access to high speed Internet. But a new bill in the Senate could change that.

The bill would create the Wireless Technology and Communication Commission. That group would gather the information and technology needed to make it happen.

State Rep. Dwight Loftis co-authored the bill. He said that statewide wireless access would allow South Carolina to connect with the world.

"It will provide the virtual infrastructure that rural communities don't have. It will add to a benefit to healthcare. It will have a benefit in the area of education -- virtual schools, distance learning. It will facilitate law enforcement, emergency services."

If the bill is passes, the wireless network could be up and running in just 24 months.

[CJ Wolf]

And in 24 months the network will be obsolete.

I think the state should provide free power, gas and water to everyone too. /sarcasm

[Between the Lines]

If you want to argue the content of my post fine, I will not argue terminology though. Pick nits elsewhere.

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See my post #23

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My friends father has a hunting lease owned by the state.

[TChris]

If you want to argue the content of my post fine, I will not argue terminology though. Pick nits elsewhere.

But that is the "content of your post"! You used the word. I want to know what "excessive" means with regard to profits.

The word "excessive" means, roughly, "too much". So, you're claiming that there's, somehow, somewhere, too much profit. I'd like to know how you determine that.

If you can't define what you even mean, then any discussion is pointless.

[Between the Lines]

And maybe they should get out of the business of providing water and sewer services and stop leasing out those public easements for power lines. And hospitals, and police protection and fire stations, museums, parks and recreation ....

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If you can't define what you even mean, then any discussion is pointless.

We both speak english. Define it in whatever terms you wish, it doesn't matter to me.

[TChris]

We both speak english. Define it in whatever terms you wish, it doesn't matter to me.

I did. I'll ask it again:

The word "excessive" means, roughly, "too much". So, you're claiming that there's, somehow, somewhere, too much profit.

I'd like to know how you determine that.

How much profit is too much?

[pointsal]

I suppose the big brains have checked out Lompoc, California's experiment with WIRELESS technology....

Scam for the wireless salesmen...

[Constantine XIII]

They’ll either have to do this or rewrite the laws so that telecom providers have some incentive to increase infrastructure build out.

We aren’t even in the top ten anymore in internet infrastructure growth, and that’s just pathetic.

I mean, we INVENTED the internet...at least, Al Gore did, and he’s sort of one of us. ^_^ (j/k)

[camle]

people pay for those services, and they are NOT luxuries like internet access.

[dennisw]

So how fast will this wireless be.

[SC Swamp Fox]

South Carolina Ping

Add me to the list. | Remove me from the list.

[Between the Lines]

and they are NOT luxuries like internet access.

I would classify a museum as a luxury. That entire list of mine, what you would call necessities, were once considered luxuries also.

[Between the Lines]

It is supposed to be WiMax, however fast that is.

[Grizzled Bear]

why??? why should taxpayers, particularly elderly and poor pay for joyriding on the information superhighway?

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...who pays the piper calls the tune. When the government provides the service the government will soon dictate content. Like keeping that hateful Bible out of the government schools.

[upchuck]

Maybe this will kick BellSouth AT&T hard enough in the ass to provide my rural neighborhood with the DSL we were promised TWO years ago.

[upchuck]

Private service providers will do this using the state's network of educational television towers and some excess state licensed frequencies in the 800Mhz band.

So how does that work around here? The nearest school is five miles from here and I know of no ETV towers around here. There's an ETV station out of Augusta, GA that I can pickup and one from Columbia, SC. But both of those cities are an hour's drive away.

Now, maybe they're gonna use cellular towers. But I don't think that would work around here either. There's a tower about a mile from here. And they could put a strong transmitter there that I could use. But what about my transmitter to get back to them? How would that work?

[dennisw]

wimax can vary in speed I would think

[dennisw]

wimax can vary in speed I would think