Municipal wireless broadband: Lessons from San Francisco and Silicon Valley

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Hudson, Heather E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Broadband; California; Community; Municipal; San Francisco; Silicon Valley; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ACCESS; BROADBAND; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL; SAN FRANCISCO; SILICON VALLEY; WIRELESS;

LANDFORMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 69449105420     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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