Comments on: Montreal’s future wifi network threatened by City

By: Dalton Ovitt

Dalton Ovitt — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:06:43 +0000

Why is it that the content reminds me of one other equivalent a bed that I read some place else?

By: Thierry

Thierry — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:00:10 +0000

Internet is part of my life on a regular basis, but this is kind of a irresponsible intrusion in mind pollution since some schools are removing wi-fi networks precisely for concerns about cell damage due to electromagnetism, and I believe this remains a legitimate decision to an individual to have reasonable control over his health and choices in this world (use a cell phone or wi-fi network at home as to smoke or not to smoke). Internet is fine wired. There is no insane-drying need to have this suicidal profit-making deployement set appart to satisfy our neurotic thirst for semantic communications to our needs. This belief will lead to our end. If this happen we are doomed, and to an unreachable level of life quality that our parents would have been the only and the least to witness.

By: A. Matthus

A. Matthus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:45:42 +0000

Le problème est avec l’absence d’une instance municipale qui aurait l’autorité nécessaire pour imposer un projet comme Île sans fil.

Selon la structure actuelle, on doit consulter et traiter au cas par cas avec chaque propriétaire d’immeuble où on souhaite poser une antenne pour le réseau. Voyez-vous le problème énorme que ça pose?

Il n’y a pas de solution facile au problème, et ça demande une volonté incroyable de la part de la ville. Malheureusement, ce n’est pas une priorité pour beaucoup d’élus.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:03:02 +0000

I’ve written a post that clarifies the situation over on the ISF blog.

By: Aaron deMello

Aaron deMello — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:47:26 +0000

Its an ambitious plan so its bound to encounter some hiccoughs. I wish them the best of luck and will help in any way I can.

By: Heri

Heri — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:30:37 +0000

I like Louis-Eric’s comment.

and for ISF: so work on upper advocacy levels

By: Louis-Eric Simard

Louis-Eric Simard — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:58:50 +0000

I agree; I don’t get the communist reference and the bribing references. Fact is, any bureaucracy, in any country, at whichever level of government, and no matter which ideologies prevail in the crafting of new laws and directions, functions as a machine where repetition and predictability are favoured; this means that initiatives and innovations at the lower levels of administration (permit issuance, impact studies, that sort of thing) are never favoured, and that mistakes tend to be punished. In a system like that, people tend to function by CYA rules. There’s red tape ? Sure. People don’t want to be caught making a mistake; praise, in any case, is rare. Play by their rules: understand the rules, help people out, advise when you can, follow as you must, look ahead, be wise, make it easy for things to move forward by reducing risk and getting rich communications going in the proper forms (e.g., written), treat people like human beings rather than mere service providers, and the whole machine will often enough move in your direction, yet at its own pace.

That is, provided that you really have support at the policy and upper advocacy levels.

By: Heri

Heri — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:38:55 +0000

hey bruno, un endroite communiste qui a une bureaucratie soviétique, je trouve les mots assez forts quand mêmes… même si j’ai connu aussi l’expérience (des délais interminables par exemple), il y a quand même certains services qui marchent très bien.

et aussi je serais le dernier à conseiller de donner des cadeaux aux politiciens. par contre, les personnes qui prennent les décisions à la Ville sont des personnes sensées comme tout le monde, donc ca prend de la discussion… et aussi de bons talents de conviction.

By: fsbrainstorm

fsbrainstorm — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Montreal’s plans for free wifi coverage threatened by layers of bureaucracy http://tinyurl.com/6m2wtj (via @mtw)

By: Michelle Sullivan

Michelle Sullivan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:26:39 +0000

Retweeting @mtw : Montreal’s future wifi network threatened by City http://tinyurl.com/6m2wtj