http://sf.metblogs.com/2004/10/23/free-citywide-wifi-for-san-francisco/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:13:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sf.metblogs.com/2004/10/23/free-citywide-wifi-for-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Jamison Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:46:51 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2004/10/23/free-citywide-wifi-for-san-francisco/#comment-179 The story only talks about the sponsored wifi hot spots, and under that model, there's really no incentive for the sponsors to pay for service in area's where they won't have a large target audience (unless they were allowed to plaster their brand name all over something) There is a free wireless network running throughout the city already, <a href="http://sflan.org/" rel="nofollow">SF LAN</a>. I've used one of their nodes at the Burning Man office and had no trouble. For $1000 you can get a node and have it installed in your building, from there you can string access points off of it to expand your range. The story only talks about the sponsored wifi hot spots, and under that model, there’s really no incentive for the sponsors to pay for service in area’s where they won’t have a large target audience (unless they were allowed to plaster their brand name all over something) There is a free wireless network running throughout the city already, SF LAN. I’ve used one of their nodes at the Burning Man office and had no trouble. For $1000 you can get a node and have it installed in your building, from there you can string access points off of it to expand your range.

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2004/10/23/free-citywide-wifi-for-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-178 furlinedteacup Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:49:44 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2004/10/23/free-citywide-wifi-for-san-francisco/#comment-178 I've tried using the Union Square wifi hotspot and had mixed results. I believe they launched it in conjunction with the Hearts in SF art exhibit. It's a great idea though. Blogger cheesebikini created a pretty comprehensive <a href="http://www.cheesebikini.com/archives/000256.html" rel="nofollow">map of free SF wifi access points</a> that I hope folks will help keep up-to-date. I’ve tried using the Union Square wifi hotspot and had mixed results. I believe they launched it in conjunction with the Hearts in SF art exhibit. It’s a great idea though. Blogger cheesebikini created a pretty comprehensive map of free SF wifi access points that I hope folks will help keep up-to-date.

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