The World's Largest Wi-Fi Hot Spot Is Not In A City

The world's largest network is 10 times larger that Philadelphia's proposed city-wide network and covers 1,500 square miles of wheat fields.

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September 8, 2004, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Walla Walla County is better known for wheat fields than Wi-Fi. But a small community-owned utility in this agriculture-dependent region has constructed one of the largest wireless Internet networks in rural America, rolling out high-speed connections across about 1,500 square miles...[The] Wi-Fi hot spot is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Rolling wheat fields are also Wi-Fi country

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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