Awww…America’s Smallest State to Go Wireless
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Written By Reprise Media | May 1, 2006 | Share This
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Rhode Island may have to change its state nickname from “The Ocean State” to something more suitably tech.
America’s smallest state may soon be the first to boast a border to border broadband wireless network.
The Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks is a $20 million dollar project that’s expected to bring wireless connectivity to the entire state by 2007. Despite the challenges of such an endeavor, with a land mass of a little over 1,000 square miles, many analysts say this deadline is attainable for the state. Then again, we are talking about the government.
More in this Reuters report and this piece in TechNewsWorld, which has perspective on what sister/rival city Boston has to say.
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Topics: Wireless & Mobile |