What are Other Cities Getting?

 

Grand Rapids, MI

 

Here is the homepage of Grand Rapidswimax project

http://www.grcity.us/index.pl?page_id=3379

 

Here is the agreement summary between Grand Rapids and Clearwire

http://www.grand-rapids.mi.us/index.pl?page_id=5028

 

Clearwire is also covering parts of other cities

http://www.clearwire.com/store/service_areas.php

 

Comcast Tests Free Wi-Fi In New Jersey

The cable giant has installed Wi-Fi gear at some 100 New Jersey Transit commuter rail stations and parking lots and will offer speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps.




http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000324

Minneapolis
Citywide Wi-Fi service months away
BY James Anderson
PUBLISHED: 02/02/2009
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/02/01/citywide-wi-fi-service-months-away

 

New York City

Cablevision offers its Optimum Wi-Fi service free on thousands of public locations throughout the metropolitan New York area to its subscribers. For instance, most Long Island Railroad and NJ Transit station platforms and parking lots have been outfitted with the wireless service.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215900162&subSection=News

 

San Francisco Commuters Getting Wi-Fi On BART

The agreement will establish high-speed mobile access throughout 104 miles of track and 43 train stations by the end of 2011.



http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000404&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

 

Babylon, NY

Babylon parks and 2 downtowns getting free Wi-Fi,

Jan 17

http://www.topix.com/forum/tech/wi-fi/T3R1RF8JPBC355BQQ

 

Milledgeville, GA

http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/07/25/milledgeville-georgia-to-deploy-muni-wimax-network-with-clearwire/

Milledgeville, Georgia to deploy muni WiMax network with Clearwire,

July 25

 

 

 

The Digital Divide

The keys to giving  access to the Internet to as many people possible are affordability and availability. Very few cities have free wireless for everyone, but many are offering discounts to low income people. Grand Rapids plans to make wireless available to low income people for $10.

 

To Learn More

Some municipal wireless projects have failed to deliver. But many more are being planned.

You can keep up with news by activating your own

Google alert: Keywords: municipal wi-fi networks

 

Free Press, Common Cause, and other organizations are working to keep the Internet open and available.

http://www.freepress.net/media_issues/internet

http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1386967

http://www.internetforeveryone.org/

 

 

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