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Rural Oregon Leads the Way for Large-Scale WiFi

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the extreme-wide-fi-networking dept.

atkulp writes "While cities and incumbent telecommunications operators are fighting it out over municipal WiFi, it looks like rural Oregan is leading the way for large-scale deployments of WiFi and WiMax." The privately funded $5 million dollar wireless network services a modest 700 square miles and seems to be the only show in town.

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  1. Re:I wonder if.... by CheeseTroll · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And the Borg run BSD....

    In other news, Netcraft confirms that the Borg are dead.

    (sorry - couldn't resist. I promise I won't do it again.)

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  2. Re:the Tragedy of the Commons issue... by bleckywelcky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeh, 20 minutes sounds about right for that rambling comment ...