Texas State U.-San Marcos: Texas State U. area begins 2-year plan to make city WiFi.

Publication: The America's Intelligence Wire

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(From University Wire)

Byline: Ashley Gwilliam

The City Council has recently begun a projected two-year plan that would make San Marcos, Texas, one of few cities in the United States to install a municipal wireless network.

"Many cities have been talking about it, but only a dozen, at the most, have done it," City Manager Dan O'Leary said.

Municipal wireless networks, often called "mesh networks," provide Wi-Fi Internet access...

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