You know, the Midwest is just a technology hotbed! First Grand Haven (which is about 5 minutes from my house) launched one of the first city-wide wireless networks (and goes something like 5 miles out into the Big Lake). Now, it looks like the whole county that I live in may be going wireless. But not via WiFi, but using a 3G network (yeah, cell phones). One tower can reportedly cover a three mile radius - the whole county could be blanketed with about a dozen towers. Prices sound reasonable too - $14.99 for 1.4 MB/s per month is much less than I'm paying now. Of course, it's probably per computer, which might get expensive for someone like me, who has five computers running on my home network, but the mobility factor might be worth it.

[found via The Wireless Report]

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