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Canberra is expanding Australia’s biggest free public Wi-Fi network, but how many people use it? – ABC News
Free internet access may sound great, but Canberrans are increasingly uninterested in using it. The ACT Government is about to expand the network anyway.
Canberra has the country’s biggest free public Wi-Fi network, covering a larger combined area than similar networks in other cities.
It is about to get even bigger: the ACT Government is installing another 81 internet access points throughout the suburbs, adding to the existing 334.
But six years after the network was set up, far fewer people are actually using it raising questions about its value.
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- Canberra free Wi-Fi network will expand to include more than 400 access po…
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