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Municipal WiFi Moves Ahead In Houston

Posted by kdawson on from the right-model-this-time dept.

Highlander404 sends word of one city that is bucking the trend of failing city Wi-Fi projects: Houston is investing most of the $5 million Earthlink paid to get out of its muni Wi-Fi contract to build out 10 free wireless network "bubbles" in low-income parts of the city. Access points will be in city-owned facilities to keep costs down. Houston's mayor said that over the long term the bubbles could be connected and the areas between them added to the network. The activation of the first of these zones was announced Monday. Upload and download speeds are said to be 3 Mbps.

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  1. Re:1 bubble != 1 access point by Kamokazi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah I figured that, but a) reading the article and b) using facts prevents you from not only making a first post, but also being witty about it.

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  2. Re:1 bubble != 1 access point by langelgjm · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's okay, it also gives me a chance to be modded up :-)

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