City of brotherly love may embrace Wi-Fi
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Philadelphia may spread the joy of wireless Internet access to its citizens.
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Pennsylvania may block Philly's Wi-Fi plan. [News.com Extra]
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Sharing wireless may be the way to universal net access, says Bill Thompson.
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By CONNING CHU  Waukesha - A report made public Friday indicates initial testing for a proposed citywide Wi-Fi network fell short of expectations, but a city official said he remains optimistic a successful system can be developed.
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Reuters has a story  about Gavin Newsom finally getting wifi and wanting to hookup San Francisco:  "SAN FRANCISCO  - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set a goal of providing free wireless Internet activity in his city that sees itself as a vanguard of the Internet revolution."  ""We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," he said in his annual state of the city address on Thursday. "These technologies will connect our residents to the skills and the jobs of the new economy."  The issue I have is that I'm not sure my tax dollars need to pay for this.  I'm also pretty sure that the city will screw it up.  Why not just do this.  Allow ...
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New York is on the verge of becoming a wireless city, but not everyone is happy about the prospect.
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Ambitious plans for big Wi-Fi networks to provide free or low-cost wireless Internet access are being abandoned or scaled back by US cities as the economics of the deals turn out to be more challenging than expected.
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The city that was among the first to be wired for electricity in the 19th century wants to become one of the first to go wireless in the 21st.
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By Miriam Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 18--The grand experiment is about to begin.   Philadelphia's push to become the country's first major city with free, or at least cheap, wireless Internet connections, takes a big step forward this month as EarthLink Inc.
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Verizon's agreement with Philadelphia brings new life to the city's WiFi plans.
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A future version of Bluetooth will allow connections to hop on Wi-Fi networks when additional bandwidth is required.
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The home of the Braves is the eighth city the Internet service provider has signed up to deploy a Wi-Fi network.
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The grand city of Philadelphia unveiled today an ambitious plan to coat the city with Wi-Fi, using a mix of public and private funds to provide the service.
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Forget finding an Internet cafe. For less than what it costs to build a small library, 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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SAN FRANCISCO - The big idea came on a trip: Ted Morgan and Michael Shean used Wi-Fi signals in their travels so often to pick up e-mail, they saw a business opportunity in their future.
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Analysis Prospects bright in the Wi-Fi arena
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By DAVID B. CARUSO    PHILADELPHIA  -- 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...