Madison Rolling Out City-Wide Wi-Fi

Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 23, 2005 @12:29PM from the charter-will-not-like-this dept.

It doesn't come easy wrote to mention the announcement that Madison, Wisconsin will soon be home to the newest Municipal Wi-Fi network. From the article: "'I made a commitment in 2004 to bring Wi-Fi to Madison,' said Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in a statement. 'This is an important new service for Madison residents and businesses.' The Madison network will be rolled out at no cost to the city and the providers have secured initial funding from service agreements from ISPs. The initial phase of the Madison network will cover users in the downtown region of the city with plans to later cover the entire city." I love my town. Zombies and Wi-Fi. What more could you want?

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Done right for once, I think. by Ironsides · 2005-10-23 12:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

The Madison network will be rolled out at no cost to the city and the providers have secured initial funding from service agreements from ISPs.

Hmmm... No tax dollars being used, sounds good to me. How are they getting funding? A subscription fee or what?

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