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> Wrong- it is the cities stepping away. Nice try, paranoid troll.
Earthlink realized that they could never make any money providing free
WiFi. San Francisco would have been worse off with a system that was
installed by a company that is almost certain to go out of business
within a couple of years.
We have municipal WiFi where I live (MetroFi), but it's not used by
many. It's slow and connections are flaky even for those that live near
the access points. It's also advertiser supported so ads are constantly
displayed though with a VPN connection the ads disappear, and
Proximotron would probably remove the ads as well.
Good free WiFi is available at many restaurants, some libraries, and in
some city-owned parks and plazas.
The future of free WiFi depends on what Google decides to do. A couple
of years ago they had plans to roll out free WiFi across the country,
but they haven't done anything on that front. If the gPhone project
succeeds then they'll have a real reason to move forward with WiFi.
Basically the future of free WiFi depends on what Google decides to do.
They're the only ones with enough money to make it work.
The WiMax network being developed by Sprint, Clearwire, Intel, Motorola,
Nokia, and Samsung is the best hope near term for ubiquitous WiFi access
in the major cities, but it won't be free. If it succeeds it could turn
Sprint around, but if it fails then that's the end of Sprint.
[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Cingular Wireless no longer exists.
Please post all items regarding Wireless Service from AT&T in the proper
group, alt.cellular.attws]
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