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Is plug pulled on Wi-Fi plan?

By JIM LEUTE ( Contact )   Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 9 a.m.
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Nationwide industry concerns have forced a local group to rethink its strategy of bringing wireless Internet service to Rock County.

Escalating costs, evolving technology and higher expectations have prompted municipalities around the country to scale back plans to blanket areas with public-access wireless computer networks, often referred to as Wi-Fi.

Planned Wi-Fi projects in San Francisco and Houston are dead. Cities such as Chicago and St. Louis have suspended or delayed plans. Even Silicon Valley has postponed its planned network.




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rkerman
Oct 31, 2007 at 4:46 p.m.
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Where is the rest of the article?

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