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Microsoft and the City of Seattle are teaming up to bring fast, free Wi-Fi to people who visit Seattle Center, a spacious city attraction that hosts major festivals and draws tourists from around the world. The pilot program – part of Mayor Ed Murray’s efforts to bring high-speed Internet access to city residents – uses “TV white space” technology, delivering broadband through unused television channels. The new system lets users browse at speeds more than 5,000 times faster than they could before. The program not only benefits the more than 10 million people who visit Seattle Center each year but also “tests new technology that we may be able to deploy to other neighborhoods in the city,” Murray says.