Lower Manhattan Deploys Public Wireless Networks

Lower Manhattan's business improvement district has announced plans to build a wireless network which will provide information about local businesses and free Internet access within a 5-minute walk of any downtown location.

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April 7, 2003, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Downtown business improvement district is planning to establish free high-speed wireless Internet access in six parks and public spaces in Lower Manhattan next month, significantly expanding the availability downtown of wireless connections to the Internet...[It will be] one of the largest free wireless networks in the country."

Thanks to Anthony Townsend

FULL STORY: More Wireless Internet Access Set for Lower Manhattan Parks

Friday, April 4, 2003 in The New York Times

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