The Open Park Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, launched the first public outdoor wireless Internet hotspot in the nation’s capital today. The free service provides coverage in front of the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the Capitol Visitors Center site. The Capitol Hill hotspot is the initial step in Open Park’s plan to provide free public wireless Internet service across the National Mall. “It’s a hotspot for democracy,” said Open Park’s cofounder, Greg Staple, a Washington communications lawyer.
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Open Park Launches Free WiFi on Capitol Hill
Posted by: Kirk L. Kroeker April 28, 2004 02:08 PMThe Open Park Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, launched the first public outdoor wireless Internet hotspot in the nation’s capital today. The free service provides coverage in front of the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the Capitol Visitors Center site. The Capitol Hill hotspot is the initial step in Open Park’s plan to provide free public wireless Internet service across the National Mall. “It’s a hotspot for democracy,” said Open Park’s cofounder, Greg Staple, a Washington communications lawyer.