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Free Wi-Fi Turns Austin into an Internet Access Hot Spot

By Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle | June 16, 2004

Richard MacKinnon set out to create his own reality, one in which Internet access would be free for all and open to anyone. That was the impetus for the Austin Wireless City Project.

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Tags: Starbucks, Ana Sisnett of Austin Free-Net, Austin Electronic Frontier Foundation President and Polycot Consulting CEO Jon Lebkowsky, downloadable format, Hyde Park hipster landmark Quack's 43rd Street Bakery, keyboard, Leslie Martin, owner Bouldin Creek Coffee House, Schlotzky's, wireless groups, Zane McCarthy of Austin Unleashed, Health & Science

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