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St. Cloud built, operates, and maintains its municipal wireless broadband system called Cyber Spot. Free service is available for homes and businesses in St. Cloud. The network's construction costs, including first year operating costs, were $3.1 million, and were paid from the City's economic development fund. Estimated annual costs for ongoing operations, for which the city contracts with Hewlett-Packard, are $500,000 per year.
Learn More:
Cyber Spot – Frequently Asked Questions
www.freepress.net/docs/stcloudfaq.pdf
St. Cloud, Florida citywide Wi-Fi update: launch plus 10 days. Muniwireless.com. Esme Vos. March 21, 2006.
http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/5090/
St. Cloud ranked no. 1 metro Wi-Fi deployment. Esme Vos. January 26, 2007. http://www.muniwireless.com/article/articleview/5581/1/23/
Tax rollbacks could endanger city Wi-Fi. Muniwireless.com. Carol Ellison. April 4, 2007. http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/5862/
