03-12-2004, 07:59 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Free wireless access: San Jose, CA
Well I'm happy about this since I live about 5 minutes from downtown. Not sure how may others here live in San Jose or the Bay area but in case you do....
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Kudos to city: wired in sunshine
Mercury News Editorial
For once, the city that likes to call itself the Capital of Silicon Valley is living up to its moniker. It's using technology to improve its downtown.
The unveiling today of free wireless Internet access covering the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, the Circle of Palms in the Fairmont Plaza and San Pedro Square should give visitors one more reason to linger downtown, whether on a park bench or at a restaurant patio. It could prove a hit with business visitors and convention goers, or anyone looking to surf cyberspace in the sun.
Wireless Internet ``hot spots'' are not new. They are increasingly common at cafes, airports and other public spaces. But San Jose is one of only a few cities nationwide that have made an investment in free wireless access for the public at large. The fast and reliable service could breathe new life into the city's public spaces.
Better yet, if it proves to be a hit, the service could expand to other areas -- and could be a model for cities nationwide.
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