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Norfolk bringing free public Wi-Fi to neighborhood

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Norfolk official has announced that the city will offer free public Wi-Fi across the Park Place neighborhood starting this fall as part of a broader effort to improve Internet access for businesses and residents. The city’s Chief Information Officer Steven DeBerry tells The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/22q8H5I ) that up to 7,800…

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020815-N-0872M-541 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (Aug. 15, 2002)-- USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) pulls pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to drop off locally stationed squadron personnel before continuing its journey to Mayport, Florida where it is homeported. USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) just completed a six month deployment to the Medeterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by PH1(AW/NAC) Martin Maddock (RELEASED)
USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) pulls pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to drop off locally stationed squadron personnel before continuing its journey to Mayport, Florida where it is homeported. USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) just completed a six month deployment to the Medeterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by PH1(AW/NAC) Martin Maddock (RELEASED)

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Norfolk official has announced that the city will offer free public Wi-Fi across the Park Place neighborhood starting this fall as part of a broader effort to improve Internet access for businesses and residents.

The city’s Chief Information Officer Steven DeBerry tells The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/22q8H5I ) that up to 7,800 people at a time will be able to use the high-speed internet.

Free Wi-Fi is already available inside Norfolk libraries and at the MacArthur Square train station, but this is the first time a Norfolk neighborhood will have free Wi-Fi.

DeBerry says the city hopes to offer Wi-Fi in at least two additional undetermined neighborhoods in the next year.

DeBerry says he doesn’t know how much the Park Place installation will cost, but he says it won’t be “astronomical.”

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Information from: The Virginian-Pilot, http://pilotonline.com

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