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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by dimsumfan
I heard a news report that it will be pay-per-use or subscription... but sounds like it's in early stages and no one knows for sure?
That was the form of some of the earliest attempts at this. Rio Rancho, New Mexico got city-wide wireless in late 2004 available for a subscription fee. To put this in perspective with other major cities' projects, it covers 103 square miles (2/3 of which is empty desert). I believe this was another attempt to fill some of that space.
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