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Cities Offer Wireless Access



Your local municipality offers garbage collection, water service, and in some cases electricity. Now, they want to get into the internet supplier business. With the way the cable and DSL companies price their services, we may be better off.

Thirteen cities are currently participating in the initiative, called "Digital Communities." Its goal is to give cities technical resources and discounts to help them establish or build out their broadband wireless infrastructure so they can better connect with police and fire personnel as well as with public-works employees such as meter readers and building inspectors.

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