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25 at lunch today including four interclubers from Palo Alto.
The invited
Speaker was supposed to be Brian Moura Assistant City Manager, as noted in the last
Kiwanis United, but he was suddenly sick and canceled. Brian
is on the wireless project that will bring free internet wireless
throughout San Mateo County as well as Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and
some over in the east bay. Greg Rubens talked in his place being
part of the process. Greg will try to get Brian back in the future.
The system will have two tiers, one for free with advertising to pay
for it, and the second will be fee based without advertising.
While you may have heard of other areas doing this it is the largest
area of coverage planned of any system. Plans have been made and
companies chosen. Two cities San Carlos and Palo Alto were
chosen to start the beginning phase and serve as the pilot for the
overall project. You may see antenna systems on various light poles
for some parts of the coverage area. To read more visit the city page for more info. Til we wade once more Ron D
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