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Paris, The City Of Wi-Fi?

Posted by timothy on from the catacombs-too dept.

TheMatt writes "An article at the IHT describes an effort to make Paris one big Wi-Fi hotspot. The project, with partners like RATP and Cisco, if approved, will place two or three antennae outside each of the 372 Metro stations in Paris and link them through an existing fiber network that runs through the subway tunnels. The current pilot project is centered along the route of Bus No. 38. You can sign up for access to the pilot which is free until June 30."

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  1. Too little, too late. by grub · · Score: -1, Redundant


    Had this been in place back in the 40's, the Germans could have kept in touch with the motherland via email rather than telegrams. They could have had embedded reporters and live reports on how the toppling of the evil French Regime was coming along.

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  2. ObJoke by Phrogz · · Score: 0, Redundant
  3. Surrender by gricholson75 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Of course, when network traffic gets heavy, the network just surrenders.

  4. Wardriving in France by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is not done by the French. Usually, it is done by another country (recently, the Germans).

    The French are good at warsurrendering, though.