{"id":369,"date":"2005-12-06T22:59:57","date_gmt":"2005-12-07T02:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=369"},"modified":"2005-12-06T23:13:26","modified_gmt":"2005-12-07T03:13:26","slug":"new-orleans-installs-free-public-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/12\/06\/new-orleans-installs-free-public-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Installs Free Public Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media3.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/photo\/2005\/11\/28\/PH2005112801774.jpg\" alt=\"Citizens of New Orleans use the city's free Wi-Fi network\" align=right \/><br \/>\nThe City of New Orleans is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/11\/28\/AR2005112801773.html\">installing free public Wi-Fi<\/a> (wireless internet connection) throughout the city, by hanging simple, cheap, shoebox-sized boxes from lampposts. The system will be accessible to anyone with a wireless connection on their computer. The system will also save the city money by enabling city employees such as building inspectors and police to quickly file and process paperwork on-location (through a  secure network).<\/p>\n<p>The new system is, in part, a response to the recent devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Because a Wi-Fi system, like the internet, is a distributed network that does not rely on a central node, it can continue working even if parts of the network are knocked out (the internet was originally designed by the US military to be a communications network that would survive a nuclear attack). Ironically, the system can only be installed in New Orleans because of the disaster: under pressure from telephone corporations, Louisiana has passed a law restricting the ability of municipalities to install free public communications systems, but New Orleans is exempt thanks to the state of emergency declared after the hurricane hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of New Orleans is installing free public Wi-Fi (wireless internet connection) throughout the city, by hanging simple, cheap, shoebox-sized boxes from lampposts. The system will be accessible to anyone with a wireless connection on their computer. 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