Friday, April 14, 2006
New Orleans to lose free municipal wireless network?
Snip from a story summary from NPR's All Things Considered:
In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans built a free wireless Internet network, covering downtown and the French Quarter. It's the only network of its kind that's owned and operated by a major U.S. city. But once Louisiana's governor lifts the state of emergency in the region, the network will become illegal.Link to archived radio segment. (Thanks, jesse himmelstein)
Reader comment: Bridget Wynn says,
I noticed the article about New Orleans possibly losing its WiFi, and I wanted to let you know the city of New Orleans has approched Earthlink to take it over, thus putting into the hands of a private company and making it legal again.
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