Free downtown Wi-Fi comes to Marion, North Carolina and Akron, Ohio
Marion, North Carolina is offering free Wi-Fi service in its downtown area. The network was set up by Trificient Technologies, which was one of the respondents to an RFP issued by the city. The city used a grant from the North Carolina STEP Program to pay for the cost of deployment. According to the Asheville Citizen Times, the service is available along Main Street with speeds varying from 1.5 Mbps to 6 Mbps.
ConnectAkron launches downtown Wi-Fi hotzone
Meanwhile in Akron, Ohio, the city has turned on a Wi-Fi network along South Main Street with plans to expand it throughout downtown. OneCommunity and the city have entered into a partnership to deploy the network with several other partners: the city is contributing $795,000, the Knight Foundation $625,000, University of Akron $350,000. The total cost of the project is $2.2 million. They are using fiber as backhaul for the network; wireless routers come from Strix Systems. For more information go to Ohio.com.
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