Times Picayune, December 22, 2006
By Kimberly Quillen

Earthlink Inc.'s free wireless Internet network, which has been quietly operating for a month and already handles about 1,000 users a day, was officially launched Thursday.

The network, first announced in the spring, covers 20 square miles of the city, including the Garden District, Central Business District, French Quarter and Algiers. It can handle about 50,000 users a day.

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