Google Wins Wi-Fi Lease in Mountain View
Written by mobati //
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Topic: wifi
Google took a giant step into Internet Service Provider territory, as Mountain View California city council unanimously ratified a five-year property lease that Google needs to begin building a wireless network in the city.
Mountain View California won’t have to spend any money on the new free wifi deal, and Google promises to fund all the construction and run the operation.
Google plans are to give away free wifi access to anyone with the right wireless access components, and a free Google account. As a bonus to the Mountain View government, city employees, including emergency service workers, will get a secured connection of their own, at no cost to the city.
Google has even promised to add wireless access to the Google Mobile, a mobile library the city expects to soon take possession. In addition, the city gets an option to buy the network in the future.
