Philadelphia (Free)dom
City government in Philadelphia appears to be using wi-fi technology to attract new business and also offer a free perk to those who currently reside within its limits.
Marc Levy wrote an AP article that ran on December 1 on the Washingpost.com. website and reported that the City of Philadelphia had struck a deal with Verizon. This new development has helped the city move along in its quest to provide free and/or inexpensive high-speed wireless access to all businesses and residents.
The city's website has several news briefings on the subject. I've quoted one of them:
"... the goal will be to provide some level of free wireless Internet access to everyone living, working or visiting in the city. It is anticipated that some sort of tiered service levels will be created for higher levels of service and individuals and organizations will pay a fee for these higher tiers of service/ How these levels of service are defined and the fees associated with them will be part of a much larger effort to create a public/private partnership to move this initiative forward..."
City government in Philadelphia appears to be using wi-fi technology to attract new business and also offer a free perk to those who currently reside within its limits.
Marc Levy wrote an AP article that ran on December 1 on the Washingpost.com. website and reported that the City of Philadelphia had struck a deal with Verizon. This new development has helped the city move along in its quest to provide free and/or inexpensive high-speed wireless access to all businesses and residents.
The city's website has several news briefings on the subject. I've quoted one of them:
"... the goal will be to provide some level of free wireless Internet access to everyone living, working or visiting in the city. It is anticipated that some sort of tiered service levels will be created for higher levels of service and individuals and organizations will pay a fee for these higher tiers of service/ How these levels of service are defined and the fees associated with them will be part of a much larger effort to create a public/private partnership to move this initiative forward..."
