2 companies bid to create Toledo Wi-Fi network

2/20/2007
BLADE STAFF

Toledo officials received two bids this afternoon from companies proposing to create a Wi-Fi network for the city s 88 square miles.

The companies were Buckeye CableSystem of Toledo and MetroFi, Inc., of Mountain View, Calif.

City leaders want to create a system where residents all over town will have access to high-speed Wi-Fi service for a price, low-income residents will have discounted Internet service, and police, firefighters and other city agencies will have free Wi-Fi service.

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