Google launched their free wireless Internet service called Google WiFi Mountain View this month, so residents in Mountain View, California have one less bill to pay now each month. The service is completely free and not supported via ads - 72,000 residents of Mountain View will benefit as the service covers some 12 square mile radius of the town.

Speeds aren’t superfast (they’ve been reported at 1Mbps) but the free alternative to DSL and Cable offerings will probably be embraced by most. Apparently Google have also teamed up with Earthlink, for a more ambitious project of providing wireless Internet service to the San Francisco area.

Are Google planning on national WiFi domination? … I guess we’ll have to wait and see!

Via Coolest Gadgets

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