Hoping to help spur an economic revival in the devastated area, the City of New Orleans plans to build the country’s first municipally owned wireless Internet system that will be free to all users. Mayor Ray Nagin will unveil the new project at a press conference today.
Powered in large part by donated equipment, the service will launch today in the French Quarter and expand out over time. The system will offer 512 kbps service, which, technically, runs counter to a state law that bars cities from offering Internet service faster than 144 kbps. But given that New Orleans is still in a state of emergency, the city apparently is exempt from that law.
Cynthia Brumfield at 8:58 AM|Comments(0)
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