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Boston has unveiled plans to build a city-wide wireless Internet network to serve its 590,000 residents, but its plan is, in an important way, different than similar projects that have been proposed by cities including Cambridge and San Francisco...
Rather than hiring a third-party provider to administer the network, as other cities have done, Boston will find an existing non-profit organization—or endow a new one—to run the system...
Mayor Thomas M. Menino said at a press conference Monday that the city plans to raise $16 to $20 million to fund the network. The money will come from businesses, universities, and foundations, though he did not rule out a contribution from the city...
While the non-profit organization that the city is seeking will own the network, it will not act as the Internet Service Provider (ISP). Instead, it will allow other ISPs—such as Comcast or SBC/Yahoo!—to use the network infrastructure...
...notoriety for his attempts to democratize the media. Last year, Wolf earned the wrath of Al Gore's youth cable channel, Current TV, when he criticized the new station's hiring practices along with its video submission policies on his blog. In protest, he started the Rise Up! Network, a non-profit alternative media site, where anyone can feature his or her own video work and retain exclusive rights...