KingFish
23 Nov 2004, 5:42am
Taipei city planners are building what they say will be the world's biggest "Wi-Fi" network, making cheap, wireless Internet access available almost everywhere in the Taiwan capital.
"This will be a very ambitious venture for Taipei city because as far as we know, this is the only city that has tried to have a city-wide coverage of wireless service," Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou told Reuters.
While wireless connections are available in many homes, businesses and cafes around the world, Taipei's CyberCity project aims to make Wi-Fi ubiquitous outdoors.
New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Jerusalem are among cities with similar ambitions and about a quarter of Amsterdam is already connected. But Taipei's network is likely to be the world's largest, said Robin Simpson, an Australia-based research director for Gartner Asia Pacific.
Source: CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/11/22/taiwan.cybercity.reut/index.html)
"This will be a very ambitious venture for Taipei city because as far as we know, this is the only city that has tried to have a city-wide coverage of wireless service," Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou told Reuters.
While wireless connections are available in many homes, businesses and cafes around the world, Taipei's CyberCity project aims to make Wi-Fi ubiquitous outdoors.
New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Jerusalem are among cities with similar ambitions and about a quarter of Amsterdam is already connected. But Taipei's network is likely to be the world's largest, said Robin Simpson, an Australia-based research director for Gartner Asia Pacific.
Source: CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/11/22/taiwan.cybercity.reut/index.html)