Mayor Wants Citywide Wireless Access

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlined plans Tuesday to blanket Los Angeles with wireless Internet access in 2009, in what would be one of the nation’s largest urban Wi-Fi networks.


The L.A. Wi-Fi initiative would give Los Angeles residents, schools, businesses and visitors uninterrupted high-speed Internet connections , for work, research, Web browsing or even phone calls.


More than 300 municipalities nationwide already have launched plans for similar networks based on the Wi-Fi technology that has become popular at coffee shops, bookstores, public parks and countless other so-called hot spots.


Such networks are operating in parts of such cities as Anaheim, San Jose, Philadelphia and Portland, Ore.


“With L.A. Wi-Fi, we are dedicating ourselves to the idea that universal access to technology makes our entire economy stronger,” Villaraigosa said.


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