Google to Bring Free WiFi to San Francisco?

Google Seeks to Unwire SF

Oct. 3, 2005 01:15 PM

"Unwiring San Francisco is a way for Google to support our local Bay Area community. It is also an opportunity to make San Francisco a test-ground for new location-based applications and services that enable people to find relevant information exactly when and where they need it," said Google spokesman Nate Tyler as he confirmed that Google has put in a proposal to provide free Wi-Fi access to San Francisco's 800,000 users.

"Google WiFi" in San Francisco would only become a reality if Google's proposal is picked by the city in preference to the ten or so others submitted.

Blanketing San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city is certainly an appealing offer. Mayor Gavin Newsom is known to want to get all SF residents online whether they are at home, in a park or in a cafe.

The Google bid ran to 100 pages. The speed of basic service, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, would be 300 kilobits per second - much faster than dial-up Internet service but slower than some broadband.

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