Hello Kevin and all,
It's up... the Madison Square Park node is only in the northeast
corner of the park in the summer due to foliage. The node is run by me at my
old company, Tracer Technologies from the 10th floor hence the corner issue
and foliage problem. In the Spring and Fall the coverage goes up to 50% of
the park. If someone wants to lead the way to work on park level
penetration, I'm all for it. Anyone? I'm willing to assist, but can't be the
lead since I have many other things I'm working on.
-Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Arima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: [nycwireless] Madison Park node, Verizon WiFi, and Madison Square
Park
> 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
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