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Chicago To Consider City-Wide Wireless Network
Mitchell writes "Chicago Indymedia reports on developments pertaining to community internet in Chicago. A press release from the Center for Neighborhood Technology reports that the city's Finance Committee has commissioned a study to explore the possibility of low-cost wireless internet across the city of Chicago, and reserve Chicago's right to establish a citywide Wi-Fi network. It could run into efforts underway now in the state capital by Big Telecom to shut out muni Internet in Illinois." Several readers also pointed to the Chicago Tribune's story on this possibility, including efforts to head off regulation which would make municipal Wi-Fi difficult.
Of course, that'll also have the effect of putting more people on the internet, which will result in Googles having to have to beef up their search indices on "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Bears", "Ditka", and "Polish Sausage".
How will MSN respond? fp
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
The Bean is no more than a monstrous Wi-Fi hax0r antenna!
Something else to damage our DNA?
To sum up 90% of the upcoming posts
"This will show those monopolistic telcos"
"Those monopolistic telcos will stop this, damn them"
"This stifles business and is a wicked commie plot"
"Its socialism not communism, you dumb rednecks"
"This is all Bush's fault"
"Why are you bringing politics into this"
"Local government should stay out of the business sector"
"You mean like public roads"
"This is a even better/worse plan than Philly, they really suck/know what they're doing"
"Will they use OSS?"
use this new network for *GASP* playing VIOLENT GAMES! http://news.com.com/Illinois+seeks+to+restrict+vio lent+games/2100-1043_3-5593248.html
No, no... It will be OK. Mayor Daley said that he was going to clean corruption out of City Hall.
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.