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Internet for free, the City is active (source Messaggero Veneto 09/03/2011)

San Vito al Tagliamento. The City of San Vito al Tagliamento is activated to ensure the center and in other areas of free internet and wireless. The service will start after the placement by the company Assomax Campoformido, an antenna for the signal to Casarsa Wimax, which will cover almost the whole district prisons. The Councillor for the Environment, Tiziano Centis, has already taken the first contacts with the company and the city council will discuss the petition on March 28 wi-fi and an agenda. "The arrival of WiMAX in the territory is an opportunity for San Vito - says Centis - Taking advantage of the signal with small antennas can be spread in the center, not just at a lower cost than the installation of antennas for ad hoc. Councillor announces: "The comparison with the firm will continue to examine the costs and how to activate the service." The antenna of building Brinis in Casarsa, will be placed not just passed the rock supervision.
The signal will cover a radius of 15-20 km (to check if the area Morsano will, for the time being reached or not). Assomax, a company that has the concession for the WiMAX signal in the region, plans to install other in the province, so as to cover it in its entirety. Services (in addition to broadband Internet, VoIP phone and there are many others) will be activated by households and business (the Consortium ZIPRA has already activated its time to get favorable conditions for their companies). But the signal is "workable" even by those municipalities who want the benefit of its citizens and tourists, which exploits the signal in public places. For this purpose, inter alia, incentives should be available from other sources.
The idea is so early, but the interest has spread. In San Vito, as in other Municipalities, was recently promoted a petition by a committee formed to urge their local authority to provide internet wi-fi. "It was signed - remember Mark Eramo, one of the promoters - from around 140 citizens." This result was achieved in a few hours of collection: exceeding the threshold of 100 signatures to the document allows you to joining the city council, which will take place March 28. It will not be the sole arbiter on the Internet. "In that session - continued Centis - the majority will present an agenda that essentially follows the guidelines of the petition. In the meantime, let's move sure how to activate the service, given that it will present the opportunity to conditions that appear favorable. "
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(source March 9, 2011 - page 10 Section: Pordenone )