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Milwaukee Going Wireless
Posted Jan 13th 2006 9:31PM by Michael Sciannamea
Looks like the city of beer, cheese, and the Brewers, Milwaukee, is about to go wireless. The city has reached an
agreement with Midwest Fiber Networks to develop and deploy the citywide network at a cost of roughly $20 million
dollars with a launch date of mid-2008. No taxpayer money will be used to build the network, however users will be
expected to pay monthly fee (about $20) to access the service. A city council committee is expected to ratify the deal
within the next couple of days.
Just as mostly everyone else is doing these days, Milwaukee's intention in building this network is to attract
business. Will it do so? Who knows for sure, but it certainly can't hurt.
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1. Do you think we could get some stats on the actual cost of the fiber when it was installed and what else it is being used for? Something tells me that fiber was needed when it was installed and is now being used to link government buildings together. That's just a guess though, it would be nice to see some facts on this.
Posted at 5:43AM on Mar 1st 2006 by dRive