City Hall has recently expanded its high-speed wireless network to 11 locations within the city, adding sites such as the Santa Monica Pier, the Civic Auditorium and its own building’s lobby and courtyard, making it exceedingly easier for laptop users and Internet junkies to get their online fix.
Several cities across the U.S. have pursued blanketing their entire region with “Wi-fi,” allowing residents either free access or charging a monthly access fee in efforts to recoup the costs of installing such a network.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know: “Should Santa Monica render the entire city a “hotspot,” with Internet access for all? How should the costs be offset?
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 2, 2006. Read the original PDF.