Nonprofit may run Boston Wi-Fi network

August 1, 2006 Nonprofit may run Boston Wi-Fi network (AP)

Pedestrians walk across City Hall plaza in front of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Monday, July 31, 2006, which the city plans to make the first hotspot in a city-wide wireless Internet access network. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

(AP) -- The city is considering an unusual approach to creating a citywide, low-cost wireless Internet network: putting a nonprofit organization, rather than a private service provider, in charge of building and running the system.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Windy City WiFi proposals solicited

Feb 17, 2006 | not rated yet | 0

Sprint's WiMAX Future Is Open

Mar 27, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

Whose Internet is it, anyway?

Sep 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 3

EarthLink tabbed for Philly WiFi project

Oct 05, 2005 | not rated yet | 0

AT&T to expand Internet calling services on iPhone

Oct 06, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Rate this story - 2.4 /5 (10 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

Google digital book ambitions hinge on settlement (AP)

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)

Technology / Internet

23 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 3

(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...

Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

22 hours ago | 4.6 / 5 (9) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.

Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (11) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a ...

A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Technology / Energy

Nov 08, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (21) | 28

It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

The collection and storage and retention of the household data makes it vulnerable to security breaches

New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

Technology / Energy

Nov 06, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (11) | 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...