[LINK] LA joins Philadelphia in Free city wide WiFi

[Richard Chirgwin]

(But meanwhile, the project which started all the excitement, Google in 
San  Fran, is dead in the water. Go figure)

steve jenkin wrote:
> First there was Philly,
> <http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/> and
> <http://www.phila.gov/wireless/faqs.html>
>
> Now it's LA.
> <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21228413%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html>
>
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> LA joins free WiFi movement
> Correspondents in Los Angeles
> FEBRUARY 15, 2007
> LOS ANGELES residents will be given free or inexpensive wireless
> internet access within two years under an ambitious plan announced by
> city Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
>
> The LA WiFi Initiative, which would provide internet services to the
> city's four million residents, will cost around $US60 million ($77
> million) and would be funded by advertisers and telecommunication providers.
> "By giving every resident high-speed access, we will transform Los
> Angeles into a cutting-edge city across every neighborhood and every
> economic sector," Mr Villaraigosa said.
>
> The Los Angeles City Council will seek bids for the project later this
> year, and would seek to have the plan up and running by 2009, officials
> said.
>
> Agence France-Presse
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