Saturday, October 01, 2005

Google proposes free Wi-Fi for San Francisco

A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

Google Inc. has offered to provide free wireless Internet services in the city of San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.

Citing a Google executive, the Journal said that in response to a request for information from the city of San Francisco the company proposed offering Web access using Wi-Fi, a short range wireless technology that is built into most laptop computers.

According to the story Google is proposing a free service that could potentially be funded through online advertising.

Free wireless communications could move Google into the fiercely competitive world of Internet access providers and telecommunications companies.

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