The Boston Wi-Fi Network may be constructed within the year by a non-profit corporation. An appointed task force has produced a report (pdf) which recommends building the network on the cheap and allowing providers to compete over the chance to provide service. It won't be free though. Can this possibly work?
posted by cubby on Aug 1, 2006 - 15 comments

The City That Cut the Cord. An interesting article from Time about the SpokaneHotZone.
posted by homunculus on Oct 13, 2004 - 9 comments

Yak farmers in the mountains of Nepal are using WiFi to keep in touch with their families thanks to the Nepal Wireless Networking project. [Via /.]
posted by homunculus on May 27, 2004 - 14 comments

Providing connectivity to the Saami nomadic community (pdf). The Saami Network Connectivity Project wants to provide wireless internet access for the nomadic Saami reindeer herders of Lapland (Sapmi.) The goal is to provide those Saami who live as herders with email, cached web access, remote schooling for children, and reindeer herd tracking telemetry.
posted by homunculus on Mar 9, 2003 - 10 comments

Wi-Fi revolution as reported by the times. Kind of exciting.
posted by subpixel on Mar 4, 2002 - 6 comments