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August 1, 2006

Town of Foster joins pilot for wireless Internet

FOSTER -- A Providence company announced today that it will include Foster in a pilot program testing wireless Internet capabilities for the entire community.

The company, Business Innovation Factory, has already started such programs in Providence and Newport.

"Supporting the extension of the [pilot program] into Foster will not only speed up our efforts to make Rhode Island the first sate in the country with a border-to-border broadband mobile network, it creates an opportunity to bring infrastructure into a rural community where this kind of technology is not available," Governor Carcieri said in a statement.

The state provided $200,000 for the purchase and installation of a base station -- roughly the size of a mini-fridge -- in Foster that broadcasts the wireless signal.

All Foster Internet users will likely have access to the wireless network in four to six months.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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