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I believe there are several towns in several countries that are taking this "buy economic development" approach, differing mainly on the amount of subsidy they

I believe there are several towns in several countries that are taking this "buy economic development" approach, differing mainly on the amount of subsidy they have to offer to entice someone to move to those town/country combinations. That real estate adage of "location, location, location" exists for a reason I have secretly wondered if I'd be able to make living bringing WISP services to those places to help ease the modernity withdrawal of normal people wanting to move there. My grave fear is that my risks would be 90% bureaucratic and only 10% technical, given how much hatred community-run ISPs get

Geekette 2y ago
That's already in place; the mayor cites wifi availability, including free coverage downtown.
- mdaniel 2y ago
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  - randomdata 2y ago
    Funny attempt at correcting a misspelling that isn't there, but he wrote "the mayor [as in a person] cites [as in what he said]", not "the major city". From the article: "We also have a dome of free Wi-Fi coverage over part of our downtown [Chochrane]. Do you have that in Toronto?"
    - zahlman 2y ago
      > Funny attempt at correcting a misspelling that isn't there > [Chochrane] Muphry's Law strikes again ;)
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      - randomdata 2y ago
        > Muphry's Indeed i does.
MaxPock 2y ago
I've seen those deals in Italy where they give you a free house in village .The catch though is that you'll end up spending thousands of Euros on repair to bring it upto standard.