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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. Re:$20/m == free? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, most CDs are $15-20, too, and most slashdroids steal them... so I'm assuming they think this is no different.

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  2. such a good idea? by tps12 · · Score: 1, Troll

    At first I thought, "hooray."

    But now I am thinking...is this so great? What is the obvious outcome of a city-wide public wireless network? For one thing, it means a blossoming of software and music piracy, not to mention child pronography. This could cause the kind of community outrage that ensures that the DMCA will never be repealed.

    Remember the saying, "a blessing in the form of a gift may be a curse." I think that is what we have here.

    A curse.

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