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Channel Surfing; More than two decades after it was mandated, public access may finally come to Philly.
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Philadelphia Weekly
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July 20, 2005
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Mayor Street, whose pockets bulge with electronic gadgets like his BlackBerry and his cell phone, often describes himself as a tech junkie. In fact a Street administration plan to provide low-cost wireless Internet access to every Philadelphia resident has attracted worldwide attention.
"Just as roads and transportation were keys to our past, a digital infrastructure and wireless technology are keys to our future," Street commented last August.
Somewhat ironically, Philadelphia remains the only major American city without a much more pedestrian technology--public access television. But cable access advocates are capitalizing on Mayor Street's vision to make Philly a tech mecca. And after ...
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