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Pittsburgh Launches Large, Free, Public WiFi Network

Posted by timothy on from the why-not-knoxville dept.

Snkscore writes: "Pittsburgh launched an outdoor public Wi-Fi network on Monday. The story here from cnet talks about their plan to cover 4sq miles of downtown Pittsburgh with 10Mb internet access and charge a $20/month access fee (cheap!!). I think this is the coolest thing. Next, I think they should setup access points along the train tracks." Update: 05/21 18:59 GMT by T : Garbled URL fixed now -- sorry 'bout that.

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  1. free for $20? by davejenkins · · Score: 0, Redundant

    how can it be "free" if it costs $20?

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  2. Uh... by autocracy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Anybody actually check that link? It's uh, ethereal :)

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  3. Nice Link by Mr+Guy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://slashdot.org/Pittsburgh,whereanoutdoorpubli cWi-FinetworkwaslaunchedMonday

    Maybe you meant: http://news.com.com/2100-1033-918439.html

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  4. Why not other areas? by Penguinoflight · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I kind of wonder myself, and I'd really like it obviously. I'd like to see the figures this company is running on, of if it's funded by the city, and the $20/month doesn't pay for it. It's most likely however, that $20/month will have whoever is in charge with extra money, and the only reason companies aren't doing this all over the place is because they can get more money for cable or dsl. Wireless has tons of regulations, but it's a cakewalk compared to telephone.

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