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08:07 PM CST on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Associated Press
HOUSTON – City officials said Tuesday they had struck a deal with EarthLink Inc. to build a citywide wireless Internet network that would eventually be the nation's largest at about 600 square miles.
Houston would join more than 250 communities across the nation that plan to or already offer wireless Internet to residents, businesses and government workers. Once completed, Houston's municipal Wi-Fi network would be the largest in North America, EarthLink officials said.
"You can certainly say things are bigger in Texas," said Craig Setters, an industry analyst and author of the book "Fighting The Good Fight For Municipal Wireless."
At an afternoon news conference, Mayor Bill White used the word "enormous," citing the estimated $50 million that EarthLink would invest in setting up the infrastructure and the 10,000 transmitters that will be placed on light and utility poles throughout the city. No taxpayer dollars would be spent the project, White said.
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(Lead for this story from Dewayne Hendricks posting to the Dewayne-net mailing list.)
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