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Wi-Fi Internet gains momentum in Tyler, Texas, area.

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Tyler, TX)

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Byline: Greg Junek

Nov. 26--Imagine being able to access the Internet without plugging anything in, or connecting to a network without running cables all over your house.

Many people are connecting their computers inside their homes wirelessly now, using wireless cards and wireless routers. But imagine being able to connect to the Internet wirelessly -- without cable or a phone jack -- anywhere in Smith County.

Phil Burks, chairman of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce's Technology Committee, said although the city of Tyler has made strides to provide the public with free, wireless Internet access at some of is public facilities, consumers often have no option other than a hard wire connection to access the Web at home.

And high-speed Internet access is unavailable to some areas outside Tyler city limits.

That is something about which the Technology ...

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