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Old 03-09-2011, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by memason View Post
I wish that were true, but I don't believe it would be cost effective and most folks would not give up their current high-speed internet to "pay" for Villages-wide WiFi. Not to get too technical, but Mesh Networks are expensive to install and maintain. Several large cities (Chicago, Boston, etc.) were on this path, but I believe they finally gave up.

Nice rumor, but if I were a betting man .....
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I'm no networking or wifi expert, but couldn't there also be a security issue depending on exactly how the network access would/could be setup?
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