Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Wi-Fi in Milwaukee

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 00:31:48 -0400

Wi-Fi in Milwaukee

Milwaukee will become one of the first U.S. cities to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access when, in early summer, it will set up 802.11 networks in two downtown parks. Private companies, among them SBC Communications and Cisco Systems, are donating equipment for the hot spots in Pere Marquette Park and Cathedral Square Park. People with WLAN-equipped laptops or PDAs will be able to connect to the Internet for as long as they want. The system will not filter content or provide security from hackers. Randy Gschwind, the city's chief information officer, said that residents of Milwaukee "are going to sit with wine bottles out and their laptops right next to them," while listening to Jazz in the Park concerts in Cathedral Square. (If I remember Milwaukee, it is more likely to be beer and bratwurst.) Long Beach, California, already has city-sponsored wireless zones, and other cities are likely to follow suit.

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