The county wants to expand availability to a dozen more sites in each of the next two years. The initiative is being funded through a 2012 county tax measure.
“The modern digital divide in our community is really about those who have high-speed access to the Internet and those who don’t,” said Jon Walton, the San Mateo County CIO. “We want to try to close those gaps by providing public Wi-Fi to give people access to information and services that they need in their modern lives to be prosperous and healthy.”
The county has plotted the Wi-Fi access points on a map at http://www.smcgov.org/wifi. The page also graphs the traffic volume on the network.
This staff report was originally published by TechWire.