Courtesy of Om Malik, the South Florida Sun Sentinel has a piece today on the plans by a group of municipalities to launch Wi-Fi along Florida’s Gold Coast.
Communities such as Boynton Beach, Coral Gables, Delray Beach, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Pembroke Pines, West Palm Beach and Wilton Manors are among dozens of local governments throughout the state bringing, or planning to bring, wireless Internet to their cities and towns.
But a recent law signed by Governor Jeb Bush could make it difficult to get muni-wi-fi off the ground. The law requires the cities to first turn to telecom carriers for bids on the wireless broadband projects. Only if all the phone companies in the state turn down the project can the cities build Wi-Fi networks themselves.
Cynthia Brumfield at 9:20 AM|Comments(0)
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