Comments on: Brownsville is Going WiMAX http://blandinonbroadband.org/2007/12/21/brownsville-is-going-wimax/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bobby Vassallo http://blandinonbroadband.org/2007/12/21/brownsville-is-going-wimax/#comment-3307 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:29:54 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/brownsville-is-going-wimax/#comment-3307 Brownsville is an enigma. Probably the first wireless system in North America was built in Matamoros, a few feet across the river. Brownsville has had wireless for almost two years. Yet, in their haste to spend $6 million, off they went (in a very clandestine move). This deal stinks! The city should be investigated. They completely ignored the fact that what they wanted to build, was in fact, already built. And, with the best of equipment, in my humble opinion; Sky Pilot gear.

If the city fathers of Brownsville had a brain, they would realize that from Homeland Security to Fema, they could have paid for this new network multiple times, without spending a dime of taxpayer moneys. And, linking it to the Matamoros project, they would have the finest disaster network ever built; cross-border, protecting both the metropolitan areas. This is something Fema desperately wants.

It is just a matter of time before a major hurricane blows into Brownsville. I hope the leaders will be more concerned with public safety and fiscal responsibilities than their own personal goals.

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