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The wireless network operating in the city is called [[Ioannina Wireless Network]]. It was founded at the end of [[2002]] and began operations in [[2003]].
The city is associated with [[Ali Pasha]], the Ottoman-appointed ruler of Albania, [[Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]], who was killed in [[1822]] by the [[Mahmud II|Sultan's ]] agents in the Moni Panteleimonos on the island at the center of Lake Pamvotis. The monastery (which was once Ali-Pasha's secret hideout) is now a museum containing paintings, information, and even re-creations of Ali-Pasha's living quarters on his island hideaway. Passengers are ferried back and forth from the mainland to the island (about a 15 minute ride each way) on small motorboats which run on varying schedules, according to the season. (About once every half hour, or more, in the spring and summer, much less in the winter.) The museum is not the only attraction on the island--there are many gift-shops, tavernas, churches and bakeries on the island's quaint, winding streets. Some of the people of Ioannina even choose to make the tiny island their yearlong home, with simple rowboats moored outside their homes, or in small marines, just in case they need to get to Ioannina proper when the motorboats are not running.
Ioannina is famous for its spring water [[Zagori]] which is sold over much of Greece.

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