Boston's plan for WiFi (fwd)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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/

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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:

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Hub sets citywide WiFi plan
Nonprofit to install `open access' hookups

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff  |  July 31, 2006

Boston 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.
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Full story at:
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/07/31/ 
hub_sets_citywide_wifi_plan/

   - Stephen Ronan


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