Google/Earthlink Wins San Francisco WiFi Deal 149
maximander wrote to mention coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle of that city's final decision on their city-wide WiFi system. They've chosen to go with Google and EarthLink. From the article: "In choosing to negotiate with the Google-EarthLink team, the city is going with two Internet giants with marque names. Both firms have deep pockets and proven track records online, but only limited experience building a large wireless network. The project, championed by Mayor Gavin Newsom, is intended to boost the city's technology credentials and help bridge the digital divide between the Internet haves and have-nots. It has also generated intense interest from other cities looking to build similar networks. "
Not surprised... (Score:5, Informative)
Let's just get this out of the way now (Score:3, Informative)
Hopefully, quicker than Philadelphia (Score:2, Informative)
Philadelphia has been having a tough time finally getting its own initiative off the ground . . .
http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/ [wirelessphiladelphia.org]
I also look forward to seeing evidence that these initiatives are bridging the 'digital divide' in these cities.
Great, more bad security. (Score:4, Informative)
So the problem is thus, people in my office, connected to our LAN are also connected to this wide open network where all sorts of bad things could be roaming free. Windows and MacOS both seem to automaticly connect to these rogue networks and thus bypass any local network security I can enforce.