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1. "Change is in the Airwaves"
1 year ago
UPDATE: June 18, 2008: The WiFi Project has been saved! It will be run by a for-profit company that will charge corporate clients as a revenue source. As a result, they will offer free WiFi to the entire city. It will still be months before they can fully assess the infrastructure and decide what changes need to be made.
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On June 12, 2008, Earthlink Wireless plans to disconnect their municipal WiFi service in the City of Philadelphia. For the sake of being timely, I am releasing my unfinished documentary about the joint program between Earthlink Municipal WiFi and the local non-profit, Philadelphia Wireless, forgoing further editing and technical corrections.
My aspiration for this film was to represent the personal insights of a few Philadelphians and their hopes for how municipal wireless service could affect positive change in their city.
Philadelphia Wireless (the local non-profit) is still searching for a new provider to manage the network, continuing their mission of bridging the digital divide by providing internet service to those who can't afford it.
Contact: info [at] georgerausch [dot] com
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On June 12, 2008, Earthlink Wireless plans to disconnect their municipal WiFi service in the City of Philadelphia. For the sake of being timely, I am releasing my unfinished documentary about the joint program between Earthlink Municipal WiFi and the local non-profit, Philadelphia Wireless, forgoing further editing and technical corrections.
My aspiration for this film was to represent the personal insights of a few Philadelphians and their hopes for how municipal wireless service could affect positive change in their city.
Philadelphia Wireless (the local non-profit) is still searching for a new provider to manage the network, continuing their mission of bridging the digital divide by providing internet service to those who can't afford it.
Contact: info [at] georgerausch [dot] com
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What camera did you use?
I read somewhere that the deal collapsed.
Maybe it was another city... don't remember.
I wanted to release my documentary (unfinished) to show other communities that might be considering a municipal wifi network that in order for a program with the most noble of intentions to succeed, there are more factors than simply putting up the technology to make it work.
Therefore, the film is more of a memorial to an idea at this point, whereas the original intention was to show that there is great energy behind the idea, pushing to make a greater Philadelphia. I started filming in November 2007, months before Earthlink backed out of their deal.