Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All

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September 1, 2004 at 5:35 pm #2480

xerraire
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Well I don’t know about you but that headline excites me!
Can you imagine being out on your front porch, or in your car, or anywhere in your hometown or city, wirelessly connected?

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.

Read on » http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&u=/ap/20040901/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_cities_7&printer=1

September 3, 2004 at 10:38 pm #38872

f0rbez
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Yeah I just read about this on another site. Its gonna be really cool. I don’t live there but I live nearby and have friends who live in the city. Even if they charge a few bucks for it, it’ll still be nice. But I hope they do it for free.

September 4, 2004 at 4:40 pm #38871

ShadowSlayer469
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I think this is a great idea, even if you have to pay some. I hope that it will be like this in most places in the near future.

September 6, 2004 at 6:11 pm #38873

Ender1490
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Yeh, thats pretty cool, I already have wireless broadband but I don’t have to pay for it…
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