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No One's Stepping Up for City Wi-Fi in Boston?

By sooz on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 2:50pm

The Boston Globe ran a story today titled "If we're Tech City, where's our WiFi?"

''No one's stepping up," said Michael Oh, a local technology executive and cofounder of the Boston Wireless Advocacy Group, a loose crew of volunteers pushing for more wireless access around town. "Boston is behind the curve on this compared to other cities."

Read the full story at boston.com.

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By lora on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 7:32pm.

techdirt resonded to the boston.com article:

We've always supported local governments' rights to offer muni-broadband, if appropriate. However, suddenly it seems that offering muni-broadband, and muni-WiFi specifically, has become so popular that people in cities like Boston are complaining that without muni-WiFi, they won't be considered a "tech city." This is silly. Cities should make sure that such offerings are actually needed.

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By John K on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 1:15pm.

If the free-market thinks we need wireless, they'll take care of it.

I use wireless every day - either pay at Starbucks or free at the public libraries.

There's no reason to involve the government.

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