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David Morris and Becca Vargo Daggett on municipal broadband - December 6, 2005, Wendy Wilde Show, Air America Minnesota (Part 1 and Part 2)
Ownership Matters With Wireless Systems - published November 15, 2005 in the Pioneer Press
Publicly Owned Broadband Would Serve Minneapolis Best - published August 1, 2005 in the Star-Tribune
Who Will Own Minneapolis' Information Highways? a fact sheet - August 2005
Who Will Own Minnesota's Information Highways? - a white paper from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, June 2005
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Local Newspaper Coverage of Minneapolis & Saint Paul Wireless
Saint Paul council aims to spin citywide web, Star-Tribune, January 5, 2005 (an article about Saint Paul that mentions Minneapolis)
Police, Streets ... Internet Access? Pioneer Press, January 2, 2005 (an article about Saint Paul that mentions Minneapolis)
Saint Paul City Council directs staff to prepare wi-fi report, Star-Tribune, January 13, 2005 (an article about Saint Paul that mentions Minneapolis)
Wireless Internet service for all; Minneapolis envisions citywide Wi-Fi network, Star-Tribune, April 12, 2005
Cities Ask: Why Not Wi-Fi? Pioneer Press, April 13, 2005
Council Looking Into Wireless Access: Plan is to wait and see results in Minneapolis, Pioneer Press, April 14, 2005
Citywide Wi-Fi; Maybe cool and maybe not, Star-Tribune Editorial, April 21, 2005
Cities urged to take charge of Wi-Fi; Relinquishing control over new technology is bad policy, a group says, Star-Tribune, June 23, 2005
Threading a wireless Net; St. Louis Park's citywide Internet service could be inexpensive and convenient, but some critics say the city has no business competing with the private sector, Star-Tribune, September 28, 2005
(an article about Saint Louis Park that mentions Minneapolis)
Power, water, connectivity; City says its GoMoorhead! wireless network, launching today, is already reshaping the marketplace, Pioneer Press, October 5, 2005 (an article about Moorhead that mentions Minneapolis and Saint Paul)
Two finalists chosen to provide wireless Net service in Minneapolis, Star-Tribune, October 28, 2005
City Study Looking At Wi-Fi, Pioneer Press, January 19, 2006 (an article about Saint Paul that mentions Minneapolis)
Minneapolis is cool with citywide Wi-Fi, Star-Tribune, February 2, 2006
Council Rejects Publicly Owned Wi-Fi System, Minneapolis Observer, February 24, 2006
Minneapolis council OKs citywide Wi-Fi plan, Star-Tribune, February 25, 2006
Minneapolis votes to outsource public Wi-Fi, Pulse, March 3, 2006