This San Francisco mayoral goal appears to have a better chance of success than the last one. 73, Wade W0EJ Kay Craigie wrote:

CNN's web site has a technology section story headlined "San Francisco aims for free citywide WiFi." The story begins:

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom set a goal Thursday of providing free wireless Internet activity in his city that sees itself as a vanguard of the Internet revolution.

"We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," he said in his annual state of the city address. "These technologies will connect our residents to the skills and the jobs of the new economy."

He said the city had already made free WiFi service available at Union Square and would add access to several other sections of the city including Civic Center around City Hall.

The story ends with the statement that "other cities have started setting up large areas of WiFi coverage, including San Jose in Silicon Valley and parts of Long Beach, California."

One ham at Pacificon who works in the computer industry commented to me that he and some of his pals plan to undercut BPL by setting up lots of free WiFi access points for the public to use. Whether or not they'll really do this is another thing, but it's a nice idea.

73 - Kay N3KN