Thursday, December 11, 2003
Cerritos, California to Offer Wireless Web for All
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 01:00 PM
"The first phase of a project to establish citywide wireless Internet access is slated to begin next month. Ultimately, anyone with a laptop or wireless device will be able to surf the Web from virtually anywhere in the city's 8.6-square-mile (22-square-kilometer) area. Scores of wireless networking transmitters are being placed atop public buildings, traffic lights and other structures to blanket the city. The project is being touted by Aiirnet Wireless, its operator, as the largest wireless networking, or Wi-Fi, deployment in the nation."
Wow. 8O The implications for this are huge - what will it do to ISPs in the area, both dial-up and broadband? What about security if everyone is on the same wireless network? Will people use this for their desktop PCs as well? So many questions, but I applaud the boldness of this move. Taking this a step further, what would happen if your local city decided that Internet access was a public service and you could get unlimited access as part of paying your local taxes?
Wow. 8O The implications for this are huge - what will it do to ISPs in the area, both dial-up and broadband? What about security if everyone is on the same wireless network? Will people use this for their desktop PCs as well? So many questions, but I applaud the boldness of this move. Taking this a step further, what would happen if your local city decided that Internet access was a public service and you could get unlimited access as part of paying your local taxes?
