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SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 (UPI) -- San Francisco officials expect their new Wi-Fi network will connect the city better to the global economy, but other cities have had mixed Wi-Fi results.
Mayor Gavin Newsom believes the service will make San Francisco a better place to live, work and visit, USA Today reported.
However, USA Today said Pittsburgh's ambitious 2003 plan to help revive the struggling downtown by building a Wi-Fi network hasn't delivered. There are only about six public Wi-Fi hotspots, or antennas, in the downtown area today.
The tech industry is notorious for over-hyping new technologies, said wireless analyst Phillip Redman at researcher Gartner, and Wi-Fi received more than its share of hype.
There have been indirect Wi-Fi benefits to other businesses. Laptops, for example, became more appealing once they could connect to the Internet outside the office, said tech analyst Stephen Baker at NPD.
Starbucks, which offers Wi-Fi from carrier T-Mobile in 90 percent of its U.S. stores, says the technology sells coffee. Most Wi-Fi users linger for more than an hour, said Starbucks spokesman Nick Davis.
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