Municipal Wi-Fi: Big wave or wipeout?

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Gibbons, James ^a   Ruth, Steve ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology (ICASIT)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

LOST-COST SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS; WIRELESS SERVICES;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646893016     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2006.60     Document Type: Article

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