3 posts tagged “internet”

Well then, no free, city-wide municipal wifi for Sydney any time soon:

Eric Roozendaal said the Government had evaluated proposals from 15 providers keen to build the network but concluded it wasn't practical based on technical and financial grounds.
The Premier, Morris Iemma, first announced the free broadband initiative in November 2006, just before last year's state election, claiming it would boost the NSW economy by making it more attractive to businesses.

I rant a bit about it over at Free Sydney Wireless.

Sydney Morning Herald already picked up Meraki earlier in the year. But now they also pick up Free Sydney Wireless, and interviewed yours truly…

“Frustrated by the NSW Government’s stalled free wi-fi project, a group of Facebookers have decided to start their own.”

“Free Sydney Wireless’ next recruiting drive will be in March at Barcamp, an informal web developers’ get-together. “We will try to set up a wireless net at Barcamp using Merakis, in the hope that it spurs more people to install their own Meraki.”

Read all at SMH.com.au

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