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Nation's First City-Wide WiFi Network Completed

Posted by timothy on from the depends-who's-defining-things dept.

According to a reader rockwellpa, Grand Haven, Michigan has recently completed the United States' first truly city-wide WiFi nework. According to the press release, "Other cities have announced intent to build similar networks or have announced partial deployments; in contrast, the Grand Haven implementation, by Ottawa Wireless Inc., is the first full and complete city-wide WiFi deployment in the country. 'As the first WiFi city in America, Grand Haven has truly lived up to its name in the Internet era, as we now allow anyone anywhere to connect to the Internet and roam the city and waterways in a completely secure computing environment'"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    YOU ALL LOOSE

    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      oh god why must it be the RADIOACTIVE BEIGE OF THE END TIMES again??? damn you editors, you sadistic bastards. Damn you and your disgusting IT section.

    2. Re:FP by Okonomiyaki · · Score: -1, Troll

      Are you kidding? You weren't even close! That is seriously the the worst FP attempt I've ever seen. You, sir, are a miserable failure and will never amount to anything as long as you live.

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first

  3. Dear moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This post is not interesting, although it may inspire an interesting response.

    To reiterate - do not moderate up some factless karma whore drivel just because the unanswered questions would be interesting if answered. Wait for the followup you eager little beavers.

  4. Re:How does this affect local ISP? by rice0067 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I personally think it would be great if somehow you paid whichever company provided the WIFI that you can access from you house (probably where you would use the "internet" most.) Then, if you feel the need to roam about the city and use internet, you would have free roaming access. This way it remains economically viable for the service to be provided, and convenient for people to use.
    I would be against this sort of thing being provided by the local government. This is not the purpose of government.

  5. SHUT UP YOU ANTICORPORATE FUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do you hate capitalism so much?

  6. Maybe this color scheme would look better in WiFi by scruffy · · Score: 1, Troll
    City-wide WiFi is cool, "completely secure" is so unlikely that it's a good joke, and this color scheme sucks.

    Or maybe this color scheme is a /. joke that I don't get.