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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2005 — Seattle is now the most unwired city in America, according to Intel Corporation's third annual “Most Unwired Cities” survey released today. In this most recent survey, Portland is now ranked fourth. In a rapidly changing wireless landscape, Seattle narrowly unseated former top position holders San Francisco (2004's Most Unwired City ) and Portland, Ore. (2003's Most Unwired City ). Seattle-area residents can now stay connected, informed and entertained throughout the city, from the original Starbucks at Pike Place Market and the Bank of America Tower to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Space Needle. [The collaborative initiative "Unwire Portland" may help to bump up Portland's standing in future rankings.] Source: Intel Press Release, 6/7/05.
Despite All the Java, Portland's Really NOT City ponders how to implement WiFi network — Portland is already known as one of the most "unwired" cities in the nation, but the Bridge City's standing in the world of WiFi could be elevated still further if discussions on building a citywide wireless network, now under way, turn to action. Between free WiFi "hotspots" and for-pay hotspots at coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, book stores and public parks, Portland ranked No. 5 among U.S. cities for WiFi coverage this year, according to Bert Sperling, of Sperling's Best Places, which ranks cities for various attributes. Source: The Business Journal, 12-13-04.
Four of the top five most-wired cities in the United States are located on the West Coast, with home Internet access ranging from 60 to 70 percent in each city, according to a Nielsen/NetRatings study released April 9, 2001. |
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