Thursday, February 01, 2007

Free wireless for Dublin

Dubliners can look forward to free wireless internet access anywhere in the capital if Dublin City Council goes ahead with plans to launch a WiFi internet service.

Such a service would allow everyone from commuters on buses to tourists in city parks to access the web from wireless devices.

The council has tendered for consultants to offer advice regarding regulatory, technological and financial issues surrounding the deployment of a citywide wireless broadband-access service.

"Many European and US cities have set up citywide WiFi networks which are independent of the private sector," said Brian Curtis, Dublin City Council's IT manager. "We have a tender out for advisers to give independent advice on a number of issues around citywide WiFi access."

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