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Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot

Omega1045 writes "The Austin Chronicle is running an interesting article on how Austin is fast becoming the Wi-Fi Capital of the Free (as in beer) Wireless World. With the industry standardization board Wi-Fi Alliance moving to Austin earlier this year, and groups like Austin Free-Net helping local businesses, the article quotes Austin has having more hotspots 'than anywhere else on the planet'. While this article does quite a bit of bragging about Austin, it also does a great job of highlighting how businesses and local non-profits can work together to promote and profit from free Wi-Fi Internet access. This provides an excellent model for other cities to follow using tools like Less Network."

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  1. Great, but about here? by intergide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, if this is becoming availible when will it hit the rest of the world? Well, we can't do much but hope.

  2. Re:Oh great Toronto in the making... by xsupergr0verx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Backwards too.

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