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clrmoney
12/29/2017 11:14:55 AM
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Smart Cities
Well this Smart City things is just expanding into doing different things and maybe its and good thing or not but we will see in the long run.
dlr5288
12/30/2017 9:29:17 PM
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Re: Smart Cities
Smart cities definitely are changing and evolving into a big thing. It’s only a matter of time before more and more cities are transforming into smart cities!
batye
1/1/2018 1:22:49 AM
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Re: Smart Cities
@dlr5288 yes you are right at the end everything will become smart one way or other as technology keep developing and growing while prices going down...
dlr5288
1/22/2018 10:21:07 AM
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Re: Smart Cities
That’s definitely something that I’m excited for. It’ll be interesting to see how things develope and how long it will take to go totally digital.
dlr5288
1/22/2018 10:31:46 AM
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Re: Smart Cities
It’s crazy to see how rapidly everything changes though. Also how advanced everything is becoming..
afwriter
12/29/2017 1:21:33 PM
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The Cost of Smart Cities
<Another problem that smart cities can help solve is the Digital Divide. That includes putting WiFi in public spaces, regardless of neighborhoods to increase access to the Internet for all. It also applies to using the Internet to improve neighborhoods.>
Who ends up paying for something like this?
Michelle
12/29/2017 8:18:18 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
Excellent question I find myself asking when I read about smart city advancements. I can only assume steps taken now will determine who ends up paying and how (in the future).
batye
1/1/2018 1:24:13 AM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@Michelle good point, the way I see it thre is gonna be hidden cost one way or other... we end up paying for it...
Shaunn
12/29/2017 8:48:01 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
That's a good question. From my point of view, it would have to be AT&T because there's no way a city has the resources to do something like that on a city budget.
Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
Very valid question. I think there has to be some arrangement out of understanding between At&T and the city government.
dlr5288
12/31/2017 2:25:39 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
I agree. I think it’ll be interesting to see what comes of it. I’m also excited to see the new development in smart cities and how fast they’ll grow.
Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
I am sure it is all worked out as part of their long term strategy. We will know details at right times along the way.
Ariella
12/30/2017 7:37:51 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@afwriter A number of smart city programs that AT&T has invested in also gets some government funding. But, according to Zeto, AT&T is laying out the lion's share of the funding.
afwriter
12/30/2017 11:39:11 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@Ariella, AT&T isn't doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. That investment has to be recouped somehow.
Ariella
12/31/2017 9:41:35 AM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@afwriter AT&T obviously hopes to more than recoup its investment of billions, but that doesn't mean that every little pilot program itself will return a profit for the company. Many companies engage in programs to help the underserved for the goodwill they reap. For example, when Whirlpool donated washers and dryers to schools for its Whirlpool Cares Program, it didn't expect to make money off it directly, though it might get some tax benefits But it does refer to its good works in its marketing, and it's possible that people who read about would be more inclined to buying their products because of it.
batye
1/1/2018 1:20:01 AM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@Ariella for me the way I see it it more like good P.R. whle creating positive ideas about product brand...
Ariella
1/1/2018 12:01:39 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@batye Definitely, many major brands spend millions on that every year.
batye
1/1/2018 2:43:41 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@Ariella yes, in Canada I saw even political figures play hand in hand with big Co. during big P.R./promo/donations using it as photo op.... ethical border line... when I did volunteer as street support to help less fortunate, during my youth days I avoid photo's or braggin about it... but it just me :)
Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@afwriter: Indeed, government contracts are where the big bucks are!
Plus, there's all of that juicy, juicy user data to collect through new sources.
faryl
12/31/2017 8:13:50 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
Facebook & Amazon are already weirding me out with their targeted ads based on my offline activities.
I’m not really looking forward to the (probably not-so-distant) future where even more data points are readily accessible!
srufolo1
1/3/2018 10:24:23 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@faryl Those targeted ads also kind of freak me out, but sometimes they actually are useful because they advertise the very thing I needed or was looking for, so it made it convenient.
faryl
1/31/2018 10:13:49 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
I wasn’t super freaked out until I started seeing ads for the exact same thing as an impulse buy that I’d bought in an actual store. (So there was no online history for it!)
srufolo1
1/31/2018 10:26:19 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@faryl Yes, that happens to me also. But it could be because you looked up something about it online, or something similar to it, before you bought it at the store.
batye
1/1/2018 1:16:05 AM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@Joe Stanganelli but it would be interesting to see how this data get processed and whom will control results at the end...
batye
1/1/2018 1:21:38 AM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
@afwriter I see your point and could not agree more... one way or other as they always planing ahead and nothing is really free...
faryl
12/31/2017 8:10:14 PM
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Re: The Cost of Smart Cities
I wonder if local businesses chip in money at all.
That seems to be a strategy for community improvements in San Diego. Businesses seem to recognize that things like cleaner sidewalks, more parking, bike racks, etc. make neighborhoods more attractive and therefore easier to attract customers, so chip in to offset the cost of some of the local initiatives to make areas more desirable.
(On a larger scale, does Starbucks still partner with AT&T to offer their customers WiFi? I wonder if some of these programs piggyback off of things like that)
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