According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch and STLToday:
By late this summer, AT&T Inc. could provide free wireless access to the Internet throughout downtown in the first phase of a proposed Wi-Fi network covering all of St. Louis.
The plan is expected to come up Friday for final approval by the Board of Aldermen. If approved, AT&T Inc. would start building the network this spring in a two-square-mile area stretching from downtown west to St. Louis University. The rest of the city could have access within three years.
AT&T has been negotiating for nearly a year with Mayor Francis Slay's office and with other city officials, Alderman Matt Villa, D-11th Ward, said Thursday at a meeting of the public utilities committee. The agreement would allow AT&T to install the network downtown first, then expand into the rest of the city if officials like it.
The proposal is to have 20 hours a month for free anywhere in the city. More time would require a fee. The vote by the Board of Aldermen was supposed to be today.
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