Big Wi-Fi Project for Philadelphia
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What would Benjamin Franklin say? Philadelphia plans citywide free Wi-Fi Internet access for computer users.
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Philadelphia may spread the joy of wireless Internet access to its citizens.
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Westminster offers prizes to get citizens using city Wi-Fi City wireless LAN pioneer Westminster City Council has kicked off a competition to find new applications to run on its planned city-wide Wi-Fi network.â¦
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Pennsylvania may block Philly's Wi-Fi plan. [News.com Extra]
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By M.K. Guetersloh  BLOOMINGTON - Twin City officials would like to see more people wired. Make that wireless.
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Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. were nearing an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service, even if Gov. Ed Rendell signs legislation to give Verizon the power to pre-empt the project.
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Ambitious municipal wireless project may include eight technologies and take longer than expected.
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Philadelphia officials have laid the  groundwork to provide wireless, high-speed Internet access  anywhere in the city, but their plan is threatened under a  state bill that could be signed into law on Tuesday.
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More and more venues are becoming hotspots. Using the wireless 802.11x protocol better known as Wi-Fi, these hotspots can be found in airports, libraries, coffeehouses, restaurants, shopping
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Philadelphia has finished testing  its wireless Internet project, setting the stage for America&#39;s  biggest citywide Wi-Fi network that will also offer access to  low-income households, officials said on Thursday.
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For about $10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot.
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By The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 24--By 2009, Houston expects to boast a wireless broadband network allowing anyone to connect a laptop computer to the Internet from virtually anywhere in the city.   It's no small undertaking.
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In September, the city of Philadelphia announced its plans to invest in a new wireless mesh network based on the current Wi-Fi 802.11b standard. By deploying Wi-Fi antennae on streetlights and other traffic control devices, city officials hope they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot, according to a press release on the city's website.
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UK city Norwich is pioneering a free, wi-fi project to see how people can use wireless internet.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 -- The city of Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. struck an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service even if Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D) signs legislation to give Verizon the power to scuttle the project.
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AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL hopes to commission a wireless broadband network that residents and visitors could use to log on to the Internet.   A request for information issued to would-be suppliers said the Wi-Fi network would cover outdoor public spaces in the cbd and on its fringes by 2010.
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Philadelphia officials have laid the groundwork to provide wireless, high-speed Internet access anywhere in the city, but their plan could be scotched under a state bill that could be signed into law on Tuesday.