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Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot

Posted by michael on from the but-when-you-walk-outside-you're-in-texas dept.

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. DAMN IT! DAMN IT! DAMN IT!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I PEED IN THE POOL AND MISSED FP!

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  3. Re:Don't forget about Bluetooth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    omfg ror

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

    Backwards too.

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