Anyone know what happened to the Madison Park node? I was there today (waiting 45 min to get some hot dog - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/dining/18HOTD.html), and all I found was the Verizon WiFi and some WEP-encrypted AP but no NYCWireless.
I found that Verizon does not portblock, although it was kinda useless for my purpose since my DSL circuit was down at home, hence I couldn't log into my box to get my e-mail. But I did confirm that SMTP, SSH, and IRC are allowed once "authenticated". Anyway, regarding the hot dog. I think it was worth the 45 min wait, and just not because of the hot dog. There's an organization called the Madison Square Park Conservancy who supposedly is responsible for the upkeep of the park. Apparently, all proceeds from the hot dog sales goes to the conservancy, which means that the manager of the said hot dog vending stand (whom I met) should have a lot of weight when it comes to new ideas for the park. After I was done surfing Verizon, I went back to the stand, where I was promptly told that they were not selling any hotdogs by said manager (since it was 3PM). I told him that I had some earlier, and it was delicious. I voiced my concern about said stand closing as of this year, and he mentioned that there is a possibilty of continuing, but because all the proceeds goes to the conservancy anyway, it was up in the air. That's when I told him that Bryant Park has Intel, NYCWireless and others sponsoring a free Wireless access for laptop, and that *I* thought that having something similar for Madison Square Park would be a good idea. He promised to pass that on to the people-in-charge. So, if any of you happen to be hungry for some hot-dog, and wanna do some grass-root activisim, here's your chance. It would be nice to have an "official" Madison Square Park node, in addition to the others. And it'd be a good $4 spent ($2.50 for the Chicago dog, $1.50 for the New Yoik dog) Kevin "Starfox" Arima -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
