What are Other Cities Getting?
Here is the homepage of
http://www.grcity.us/index.pl?page_id=3379
Here is the agreement summary between
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
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.
February 2, 2009 10:30 AM
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000324
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
Cablevision offers its Optimum Wi-Fi service free on thousands of public locations
throughout the metropolitan
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/wifiwimax/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215900162&subSection=News
The agreement will establish
high-speed mobile access throughout 104 miles of track and 43 train stations by
the end of 2011.
February 2, 2009 01:24 PM
Babylon
parks and 2 downtowns getting free Wi-Fi,
Jan 17
http://www.topix.com/forum/tech/wi-fi/T3R1RF8JPBC355BQQ
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.
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
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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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