Fifer says the city also plans to experiment with municipal uses of the network, like setting up Wi-Fi-enabled traffic cameras, trash cans that can wirelessly call the city when they need to be emptied or traffic meters that call in when they're overdue.

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Fifer says they expect the system to promote economic development and tourism, since visitors will come to use the service in the area's cafes, restaurants and public spaces.

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Fifer said that although much of the Cheney-Edwards debate seemed to him like hollow rhetoric, he found some portions interesting.

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