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New Orleans Launches Free Wireless System

NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
Yeah, that's gonna help:roll:
In an attempt to boost its stalled economy, the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans is starting the nation's first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city.

Mayor Ray Nagin made the announcement at a late morning news conference.

Similar projects elsewhere have been stalled by stiff opposition from telephone and cable television companies aimed at discouraging competition from public agencies.

Nagin said the system started operation Tuesday in the central Business District and the French Quarter. It is to be available throughout the city in about a year.

The system uses hardware mounted on street lights to cover the city.

Most of the equipment was donated by three companies: Intel Corp., Tropos Networks and Pronto Networks.

The system will operate at 512 kilobytes per second as long as the city remains under a state of emergency.

That will be slowed once the state of emergency is over _ that date has not been determined _ to 128 kps in accordance with state law, which restricts government-owned Internet service.
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/29/D8E69QMO0.html
 
Originally posted by: Martin
Did all of you miss this part?

Most of the equipment was donated by three companies: Intel Corp., Tropos Networks and Pronto Networks.
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Equipment is only a portion of what it takes to maintain a wireless infrastructure throughout an entire city.
 
Originally posted by: sandorski
It's an attempt to attract people back. It might work, might not, but for them it seems worth the shot.
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Company 1: Wow, did ya hear that New Orleans has free wireless now?
Company 2: Oh shizzle!? For real?! Let's pack up and move to New Orleans so we can save some $$$
Company 1: w3rd

**2 years later**

Company 1: Did you hear that a Category 5 hurricane is heading straight for us?
Company 2: Damn! We got duped by free WiFizzle!:|
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: sandorski
It's an attempt to attract people back. It might work, might not, but for them it seems worth the shot.
Click to expand...

Company 1: Wow, did ya hear that New Orleans has free wireless now?
Company 2: Oh shizzle!? For real?! Let's pack up and move to New Orleans so we can save some $$$
Company 1: w3rd

**2 years later**

Company 1: Did you hear that a Category 5 hurricane is heading straight for us?
Company 2: Damn! We got duped by free WiFizzle!:|
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hehe, yup, that's why they're trying this.
 
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