Rio Rancho, New Mexico: 103 Square Miles of WiFi

An anonymous reader submits "Rio Rancho, New Mexico is going to have 103 square miles of wifi coverage thanks to Intel & Usurf. The Albuquerque International Airport also has free wifi available. (By the way, Rio Rancho also has one of the largest chip factories in the world. Owned by Intel of course.)" The airport service will be free, but though the site is coy about pricing, users will need to sign up (and pay) for the Rio Rancho mesh network. Update: 06/20 03:56 GMT by T : Rio Rancho, not Rio Ranch. Mea culpa.

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Spokane and now New Mexico ?

[CatGrep]

A couple of days ago there was a ./ story that mentioned that Spokane was going to have WiFi all over town and now a Rio Ranch, New Mexico - what gives? Why do these rather out-of-the-way places get this sort of wonderful setup before many larger, more hi-tech communities? What's the deal?

Do they just want to try this sort of thing out first in small communities before they move on to larger ones?

Re:cacti (waaaaaaay OT)

[mattkinabrewmindspri]

I've lived in Albuquerque(next to Rio Rancho) half my life, and the rest of New Mexico for most of the other half, and I've gone years without seeing a cactus.