News Lampposts to provide location-based services?

I reported on Last-Mile's plans last year, but it seems as if the company is moving forward with it's plans at last. The only problem is it seems as if they're moving away from net provision to become more of a local content provider. ZDNet has more:

Last Mile Communications wants to use lampposts to create a wireless broadband network that would support location-based services

In what could sound like a tale from the heady days of the dot-com boom, a UK-based company is pushing ahead with plans to roll out high-speed wireless networks and location-based services using street lampposts.

Last Mile Communications believes that the humble lamppost can be used to provide broadband Internet access, and also store useful information about their location

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