A tale of two cities...Chicago taking proposals for Wi-Fi network.(News)

RCR Wireless News, June, 2006

Byline: JONI MORSE, LORENE YUE Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that the city will begin taking requests for proposals in turning Chicago into a wireless community. The mayor is seeking submissions from private-sector firms that would provide Internet access throughout the city, including free wireless service in Chicago public schools, parks and other public places.

The city said it will let providers use its infrastructure, such as street lights and lamp poles, to help in constructing the wireless broadband network, projected to cost about $18.5 million. "In technology, as in too many other areas of our society, there's a wide gap between the haves and have-nots,'' Mayor Daley said at a news conference. "It's known as the digital...

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