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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?

    --
    "We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
  2. Buoys? by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will they place the transmitters on buoys?