City eyes wireless broadband [Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.]

Jul. 30--The Owensboro City Commission is considering applying for a $280,000 federal grant that could help bring free wireless broadband Internet to downtown Owensboro, and possibly other areas of the city.

Providing the service will not come at zero cost to the city, however. The city will be required to put up $70,000 in local matching money to build the broadband infrastructure and then pay for the ongoing costs of operating it, an amount that isn't yet known...