Wireless Network for the Sacramento Region

Nine counties in North Central California may be following the same path as the Silicon Valley region with the announcement of a group seeking to develop a wireless network to cover the area. The Wireless Sacramento Regional Coalition (WiSac) project is seeking to develop and deploy a network that will cover nine counties over a 12,000-square-mile area, including Sacramento County, and over 30 municipalities with a combined population of about 3 million, including Sacramento. According to the organization, the network will provide VoIP, data, video streaming applications as well as a communications platform for local and county government and services. As of now, the plan calls for access to be either free or at a minimal cost.