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Boston's plan for WiFi (fwd)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:21:42 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Ronan <sronan () panix com> Date: July 31, 2006 2:05:08 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Boston's plan for WiFi (fwd) Glenn Fleishman re Boston: http://wifinetnews.com/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:03:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Ronan <sronan () panix com> To: dave () farber net Subject: Boston's plan for WiFi (fwd) Extracted from today's Boston Globe: ************************************* Hub sets citywide WiFi plan Nonprofit to install `open access' hookups By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | July 31, 2006Boston will tap a nonprofit corporation to blanket the city with ``open access" wireless Internet connections, under a plan to be unveiled today by Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
The plan, which envisions raising $16 million to $20 million from local businesses and foundations, is a striking departure from the business models used by other cities, including Philadelphia and San Francisco, which have turned over responsibility for their wireless data networks to outside companies such as Earthlink Inc. and Google Inc.
By empowering an independent organization to own and operate the city's WiFi, or wireless fidelity, network, Boston is hoping to keep control of the technology deployment and use it to spur innovation, improve city services, and extend wireless Internet access into low- income neighborhoods across the so-called digital divide. WiFi allows laptops, handheld computers, cellphones, music players, and other devices to connect to the Internet at high speeds via radio waves.
[...] ********************************************* Full story at:http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/07/31/ hub_sets_citywide_wifi_plan/
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