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Harlingen moves forward on muni wireless

The City of Harlingen received a $500,000 TIF (Texas Infrastructure Fund) grant back in 2002 that was used to errect two sets of wireless broadcast towers. Now, the city is looking to move forward and expand their network coverage.

"The infrastructure is there," [Dawn] Quinn [Network and Telecommunications Director at Texas State Technical College] said. "Right now what we have are five places in the city connected to each other creating a network. What we want to do is provide more towers to reach further into the community and outer communities and provide a local Internet provider though TSTC."

Read the full article at the Valley Morning Star. (via Wireless Report)