New Orleans Launches Free Wi-Fi Service
From: AP
NEW ORLEANS  In an attempt to boost its stalled economy, the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans is starting the nation’s first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city.
Mayor Ray Nagin made the announcement at a late morning news conference.
Similar projects elsewhere have been stalled by stiff opposition from telephone and cable television companies aimed at discouraging competition from public agencies.
Nagin said the system started operation Tuesday in the central business district and the French Quarter. It is to be available throughout the city in about a year. (more…)
