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• Provides free or discounted service to low income families.
• Free service to city agencies, such as police and fire departments.
  • Could improve public safety by reducing response times.
  • Receiving instructions in the field will lead to fuel savings.
  • "In Corpus Christi, emergency rooms doctors can see what paramedics see at the scene of an emergency."
• Free wireless access in certain public buildings and outdoor areas.
• Subscriptions for other users, which will be about $20 to $25 per month.
• Installation will not cost the taxpayers a penny.
• The wireless Internet cloud will cover all 88 square miles of Toledo.
• Will appeal to visitors.
• Will appeal to the younger, plugged-in generation.
  • Could help slow Toledo's "brain drain" of young professionals.
  • Could attract young professionals to Toledo.
• May help jump-start small businesses.

External sources

• Jan 18, 2007 Toledo Blade story
• Feb 2, 2007 Toledo Blade op-ed
• Jun 13, 2007 Toledo City Paper Why Wi-Fi?
• Jun 15, 2007 Letter to Blade by Toledo's IT director