The effort to provide free WiFi connections for low-income residents of San Francisco is proceeding apace, the city says. Mayor Gavin Newsom and wireless router company Meraki said this week they're adding wireless coverage to 12 low-income housing projects in the Tenderloin neighborhood, CNET News says. Meraki says about 150,000 of the city's 860,000 residents are on its network, and it will be a few more years before the entire city is covered.
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Meahwhile, several airlines hope to make money by providing wireless access on flights(from satellite signals, air-to-ground connections or cellphone towers). And, at least one Boston-to-New York bus service lets riders log on.
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The Federal Communications Commission will hold a hearing later this week on a plan to regulate the early termination fees charged by cell phone and cable companies to customers who back out of their contracts early. But Ryan Radia over at the Technology Liberation Front argues that move, and others moving through Congress and the courts, could ultimately harm consumers by driving down investment in network modernization.
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