Going Wi-Fi in Canada: Municipal and community initiatives

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 381-403

  Powell, Alison ^a   Shade, Leslie Regan ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

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EID: 33751426665     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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