Sunday, December 04, 2005

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia: "Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia
Ian Hardy

By Ian Hardy
BBC Click Online North America technology correspondent

Ian Hardy reports from the US, where a city government had to fight hard to go wireless.

Woman using wireless laptop in a station
High speed wi-fi is on the horizon
Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006.

It seems such an agreeable proposition to everybody involved - cheap wi-fi for an entire city.

'A citizen will pay a base fee of $10 or $20 depending upon their income status, for access to the network,' explained the city's chief information officer, Dianah Neff."

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