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New Orleans Tech Chief Vows WiFi Net Here to Stay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the take-a-stand dept.

breckinshire writes "After Hurricane Katrina last year, New Orleans set up a city-wide wireless network to encourage businesses to return and assist in recovery. The New Orleans technology chief recently said that he intends to make the network permanent, in spite of state law and the disapproval of telecoms."

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  1. Go N'Orleans! by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I just gotta know - is this a Chocolate Wifi network?

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  2. Buoys? by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they place the transmitters on buoys?

  3. This is a Great Oppurtunity for Vonage! by linguizic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vonage should be flooding New Orleans (pun intended) with advertising! Imagine having free internet PLUS vonage! My monthly bills would go down considerably.

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  4. Re:WOW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I was in the French Quarter over the weekend and it looked like business as usual for the most part.

    You mean... the strippers have returned to the French Quarter?!? Hallelujah!!!

  5. Step Two by mrshoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    After making the wifi network permanent they will start work on making the levees permanent.

    It's good to see they have their priorities straight.

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