She likes the idea of a free city wireless network, but says it just doesn't work well enough to rely on it.
The findings point to Verizon Wireless as the fastest provider of wireless data in the city.
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The project is being managed by Wireless Philadelphia, a city-sponsored nonprofit group which plans to contract with a private firm to build and maintain the network, and then will rent access to service providers.
So late last summer, Mayor Gavin Newsom promised that he would find a way to blanket the city with free wireless.
Jason Taylor, a manager of the Wireless Zone store in Kansas City, Mo.
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Implementation of the original law was scuttled after the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (the lobbying arm of the wireless industry) sued the city.
Another goal: to make Songdo the largest so-called ubiquitous city, where wireless networks and radio-frequency identification will link all information systems--every laptop, stoplight, cell phone, TV and toaster.
Street announced the city's wireless plans in the spring of 2004, local telecommunications providers, including Verizon Communications, BellSouth and Sprint, objected, saying that the project would amount to unfair competition.
And there have been enough users and positive feedback from citizens that the city has already expanded the Wi-Fi coverage area and is planning on eventually providing free or low-cost wireless service across the entire city.
"All things being equal, if wireless is something that's of interest to you and you have the choice of visiting our city or another city that doesn't have wireless, you might come here, " he says.
So far, more than 20% of the city is covered by a wireless network.
From this summer it is setting up a network of wireless hotspots at public places across the city centre and in the bay.
Philadelphia's plan calls for the creation of a new wireless network that will blanket the entire city, providing high-speed Internet connectivity to residents and visitors.
Following unanimous approval by city council, the only remaining impediment between the City of Brotherly Love and ubiquitous wireless Internet access is a signature from Mayor John Street that, given his stance on the project, seems to be just a formality.
That's because the city has equipped three bus routes with wireless technology that can pull off a trick every commuter has dreamed of: switching a red light to green on command.
In 2007, the City of London initiated "free" wireless access, touting its importance for traders, bankers and brokers to access data on the move - but only the first 15 minutes are actually free.
The new meters send electricity and water usage reports via wireless network, but in Santa Clara, a city of 118, 000 in the heart of the Silicon Valley, they also have an unusual separate channel that provides free, outdoor Internet.
Instead it's the chance encounters - queuing for the toilet, seeking advice with wireless connections, negotiating the maze of the WSIS tent city - that may lead to the most creative outcomes.
In addition to built-in wireless charging, the Nokia 920 also comes with Nokia City Lens, the latest addition to the Nokia location suite and the start of a new augmented reality experience that also enhances Nokia Maps.
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If any further evidence was needed that Rwanda is in a hurry to become Africa's ICT hub, then this is surely it, the South Koreans are here installing 4G Network called WiBro (Wireless Broadband) which will bring unparalleled connectivity across the city of Kigali.
An important aspect of the project is to try to imagine what kind of location-based services (and other wireless services) will be appropriate in a high-tech city 20 years from now.
In July the city created Wi-Fi hotspots at 10 payphone kiosks in three of its boroughs, the first step in a pilot program designed to make wireless access available to as many people as possible in the city.
The plan will begin with a demonstration fiber project in twelve Seattle neighborhoods and includes wireless methods to deploy services more quickly to other areas in the city.
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She is using the coffee shop's wireless at the moment, but agrees to sign off and connect to the city's instead.
As early as 2004 the city's Water and Sewer Commission had equipped almost all its customers with wireless smart meters.
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Rumor has it that the nation's largest CDMA carrier begins rolling out its EV-DO Revision A network this Friday, starting with ten cities (Sacramento and Salt Lake City among them) and a little data card we like to call the Sierra Wireless AirCard 595.
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Mr. Longueuil graduated from Northeastern University and, as his bid to make the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team in Salt Lake City as a speedskater fell short, he began making a name for himself as a wireless analyst.
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