https://wigle.net/gps/gps/GPSDB/onlinemap/?lat1=35.216675&long1=-106.835468&lat2=34.896637&long2=-106.425792&event=1
Take a look at this view. If you zoom in along the interstates and other main streets it seems as though there is some sort of network for ... for what? cameras? Streetlights? Since they so use solar here I suppose that power is plausible. (?) But, ignoring the big orange mass in upper right (land of tract mansions) that definite grid pattern corresponds to main north-south and east-west arteries. Anyone else's city look like that? Maybe it's a new development in urban infrastructure that I was unaware of? Also, there seems to be quite the cultural disparity in technology use based on east/west of the river. Dana On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:39:54 -0700, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm. Be interesting to see if the very few dots in my neighborhood is > due to lack of wireless or lack of wardriving then. I'll let you guys > know what I find. I know when I had a cable modem here maybe eighteen > months ago wireless was not offered as an option. But that is a long > time in the geek universe. > > Dana > > > > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:32:25 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But it isn't a geek-only thing anymore. Many cable/dsl companies are > > starting to send out modems with wireless just built-in. So as long if > > they subscribe to cable internet or DSL, they automatically have > > wireless. In other cases, the companies are including or recommending > > people go buy a "firewall" for their connection and if you look on the > > store shelves it's getting to the point that it's hard to buy a > > wired-only router/firewall. > > > > The latest numbers show that of households with Internet access, over > > half (51.42%) have broadband. So it's not a geek thing anymore. > > http://www.itfacts.biz/index.php?id=P1616 > > > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:52:53 -0700, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don't get me wrong, I am not saying the people in my neighborhood are > > > stupid by any means. But. My kids play with their kids, we talk. They > > > ask me what I do and it's like I am from another planet. Sure, they > > > have cable. One or two might have DSL for the online gaming.. But > > > wireless? Why would they? It strikes me as something a geek would get > > > because you *can.* Now a wireless phone is a distinct possiblity and > > > would fit with the slow speed. When I am home and have a chance, I'll > > > walk around the block with the laptop on and see if I can tell where > > > it's coming from, or where the edges are. > > > > > > Dana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137566 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
