Two telcos in Pasadena? What's the other one? And, does that go for Altadena, too?
Frank Keeney wrote: > > This is a great idea! There have been many times I've wanted this service in > a rest area. Thanks for the photo. > > I believe that one of the biggest problems with muni WiFi is a lack of > understanding the customer. Blanketing a city with WiFi can be a good idea. > But why do it unless there is a compelling case for it? Will anyone use it? > Will it justify the cost? Or will it be just another way to spend lots of > taxpayer money? I like the idea of it's use for Public Service, Police, > Fire, etc (but would it be better just to put EVDO in the vehicles). > > Where I live, here in Pasadena, I have cheap DSL at home, EVDO on the move. > Most homes have access to two telcos (yes, two local telcos on our telephone > poles!) and a cable company. So there are at least 3 different physical > methods for anyone here to get inexpensive Internet. Why should we have muni > WiFi? With all the "noise" on the crowded 2.4GHz spectrum (especially in the > multi-floor business areas of town), I doubt that the performance would be > satisfactory at much distance. BTW, I have driven around town in the > retail/business areas with a spectrum analyzer and it's very noisy! > > I really like volunteer activities like http://www.socalfreenet.org, get > people involved with their community. > > My preference is to let the entrepreneurs build these networks (or > volunteers), they'll spend a great amount of energy understanding their > customer. > > Building smaller city wireless networks seems to make sense to me. Wireless, > in parks, rest areas, community centers and other places that foster > community. > > Frank Keeney > Blog: http://www.unwiredadventures.com > Work: http://www.wlanparts.com > Photos: http://snurl.com/unwirephotos > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Close >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:05 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [SOCALWUG] Public wifi that works >> >> I'm traveling at the moment and took this picture today along I-80 in >> Iowa. I used the service and was immediately given >> up-to-the-moment road >> status based on my location. The Internet connection also >> worked great. >> There was no charge or request for identification. >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
