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| August 17, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jessie Seyfer

Aug. 17--San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom launched an initiative Tuesday to bring free or affordable wireless Internet service to all the city's citizens within a year.

With the initiative, San Francisco joins numerous other cities across the country that say they have municipal wireless projects in the works. Until now, Philadelphia was the only large metropolitan area to do so.

Newsom acknowledged that he hopes San Francisco can learn from some of Philadelphia's bumps in the road to WiFi, short for wireless fidelity or wireless Internet connections. Philadelphia, which is reviewing final bids for its service, encountered…

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