03-23-2006

Free Wireless Coming to Downtown Austin

The Austin American-Statesman has a story on the new plan to bring free wireless to much of downtown Austin. This is in addition to the existing free hotspots in parks and businesses.

The City of Austin plans to create a high-speed wireless network that will deliver free broadband Internet access to parts of downtown Austin, East Austin and Zilker Park.

The city is partnering with Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of computer networking equipment, and the World Congress on Information Technology. Cisco will donate nearly $700,000 worth of wireless networking equipment for the project to the group hosting the international gathering of technology leaders in Austin in early May.

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