Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008

TTT#0824-Wi-Fi Broadband-Commons

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The cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis have taken different approaches to closing the digital divide – and cities elsewhere in the Minnesota are exploring what is meant by the Municipal Commons. Minneapolis chose Wi-Fi Internet access in league with a private firm; St. Paul is looking at using fiber optical cable to connect citizens, and the entire range of technologies may already be obsolete with the rapid development of faster and faster connections.

TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with local techies and troubadours of the movement to close the gap between Internet haves and have-nots from both cities. GUESTS: CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL, Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative, Institute for Local Self Reliance; ERIC LAMPLAND, Principal Network Architect, Lookout Point Communications PETER FLECK, Member, Minneapolis Wi-Fi Digital Inclusion Advisory Committee and Web Manager for the Uiniversity of Minnesota's Center for Family Development

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