Washington's 1500mi Cloud

Just south of Seattle, the Pierce County Wi-Fi network -- at roughly 1,500 square miles -- may rank among the largest in the country, reports the News Tribune. The Rainier Communications Commission, a countywide consortium of municipalities, voted last week to give the contract to CenturyTel to provide WiFi service to Pierce County's 754,000 residents. CenturyTel will build the Wi-Fi quilt at its own expense. The company will install canister-style antennas manufactured by SkyPilot, the same gear being used in Portland's WiFi cloud being built by MetroFi.