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Article: Creating a Wi-Fi wonderland.
- Article from:
- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- November 14, 2005
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Google Inc. has offered to wire up San Francisco for wireless broadband access, for free.
Philadelphia is embarking on a citywide WiFi plan, to be built by EarthLink Inc., which would charge users about $20 per month. And Long Beach opened up bidding for a Wi-Fi project.
The idea of having citywide access to the Internet has pitted telecom and cable companies against Internet companies, and is energizing lobbyists and community groups all over the nation. In weighing the pros and cons of launching municipal Wi-Fi (short for Wireless Fidelity), a central question has emerged: Has broadband access achieved public utility status--like water, electricity or ...
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Article: Looking Objectively At Each of the Arguments For and Against ...
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... ... of the arguments for and against municipal involvement in broadband access provision and separates out the real issues from the "red ... Committee The Companies mentioned inside this report include: * EarthLink * MobilePro * MetroFi * Tropos * Strix Systems * DynamicCity ...
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