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> ...why differentiate between wireless and wireline?...
A couple reasons come to mind. First of all, getting access to many wireless
providers from the same spot is trivial so no one is trapped with a
particular provider. Therefore, if a provider imposes terms you find
objectionable, you can choose another. Secondly, wireless bandwidth isn't
nearly what wired bandwidth is yet -- ATT's inability to accommodate
ipad/iphone increases in traffic have gotten that company trashed in the
media. This is also why the ipad is denied access to campus networks at some
major institutions.
We ask people to accept our expertise, and it seems to me that how to
transmit data across a network so that it can be usable is properly the
domain of network and systems experts. Unless those communities do not feel
this is properly a network management issue, it does not strike me as
appropriate for libraries as an institution to weigh in on this matter.
Sure, we're committed to making info as free and unrestrained as possible.
But there are practical aspects to making this happen that deserve real
consideration.
kyle
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Kyle Banerjee
Digital Services Program Manager
Orbis Cascade Alliance
banerjek_at_uoregon.edu / 503.999.9787
Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 11:45:28 EDT