Comments on: Public Wifi And Its Potential Impact http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/ A Downtown Raleigh Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 19:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Crash http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/#comment-1979 Crash Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:22:07 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=861#comment-1979 Nice article Leo Nice article Leo

]]> By: RaleighRob http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/#comment-1978 RaleighRob Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:20:07 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=861#comment-1978 Exactly, Ken! Other than Fay Street and the new work just now starting on Hillsborough, I can't hardly think of any other major road project Inside-the-Beltline in over a decade! (And no, simple repaving some new asphalt doesn't really count.) Exactly, Ken! Other than Fay Street and the new work just now starting on Hillsborough, I can’t hardly think of any other major road project Inside-the-Beltline in over a decade!
(And no, simple repaving some new asphalt doesn’t really count.)

]]> By: hackles10 http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/#comment-1977 hackles10 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:38:56 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=861#comment-1977 I am glad to see there are at least a few rational like-minded folks around town! The city has funded sprawl for decades, and now people bitch and moan everytime something goes downtown...its high time that that argument fades away and people begin to support downtown in a positive way. Again, if you want to speak out against government spending in general...be my guest, just give up the "downtown shouldn't get that if we don't get that" crap! I am glad to see there are at least a few rational like-minded folks around town!

The city has funded sprawl for decades, and now people bitch and moan everytime something goes downtown…its high time that that argument fades away and people begin to support downtown in a positive way.

Again, if you want to speak out against government spending in general…be my guest, just give up the “downtown shouldn’t get that if we don’t get that” crap!

]]> By: Ken Metzger http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/#comment-1976 Ken Metzger Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:46:35 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=861#comment-1976 I am fairly certain that downtown gets less money in return from the government than it pays in taxes. The only real road construction downtown recently has been Fayetteville St. How much money was spent on 540? I love all these great parks being added downtown, .... oh wait. The city has lost 60% of its park since its founding. The rest of the city actually gains parks. The difference is that when something happens downtown it is reported, because it usually has a greater effect. I am fairly certain that downtown gets less money in return from the government than it pays in taxes. The only real road construction downtown recently has been Fayetteville St. How much money was spent on 540? I love all these great parks being added downtown, …. oh wait. The city has lost 60% of its park since its founding. The rest of the city actually gains parks. The difference is that when something happens downtown it is reported, because it usually has a greater effect.

]]> By: RaleighRob http://dtraleigh.com/2009/05/public-wifi-and-its-potential-impact/#comment-1969 RaleighRob Sun, 31 May 2009 18:32:14 +0000 http://dtraleigh.com/?p=861#comment-1969 Hackles is right. A strong downtown benefits the city as a whole. We can't depend on RTP and NCSU for all our economic supply...any decent-sized city has to have a prominent business center. Plus in the case of a capital city, a government center as well. (Yes, the areas to the east and south of downtown definitely need a boost too, but if downtown is booming and providing new jobs, the folks in those neighborhoods could very well benefit, provided that they actually take the initiative to take advantage of it all). The investments aimed into downtown in the past decade still pale in comparison to all the money poured into the suburbs and exurbs over the decades before. We've only barely scratched the surface. WiFi is not a huge chunk of money when compared to its benefits to the building up of our city business center. To compete, Raleigh must embrace the 21st century technologies out there...or we'll be left behind. Hackles is right. A strong downtown benefits the city as a whole. We can’t depend on RTP and NCSU for all our economic supply…any decent-sized city has to have a prominent business center. Plus in the case of a capital city, a government center as well. (Yes, the areas to the east and south of downtown definitely need a boost too, but if downtown is booming and providing new jobs, the folks in those neighborhoods could very well benefit, provided that they actually take the initiative to take advantage of it all).

The investments aimed into downtown in the past decade still pale in comparison to all the money poured into the suburbs and exurbs over the decades before. We’ve only barely scratched the surface.

WiFi is not a huge chunk of money when compared to its benefits to the building up of our city business center. To compete, Raleigh must embrace the 21st century technologies out there…or we’ll be left behind.

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