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Pittsburgh Launches Large, Free, Public WiFi Network

Posted by timothy on from the why-not-knoxville dept.

Snkscore writes: "Pittsburgh launched an outdoor public Wi-Fi network on Monday. The story here from cnet talks about their plan to cover 4sq miles of downtown Pittsburgh with 10Mb internet access and charge a $20/month access fee (cheap!!). I think this is the coolest thing. Next, I think they should setup access points along the train tracks." Update: 05/21 18:59 GMT by T : Garbled URL fixed now -- sorry 'bout that.

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  1. What if someone steals a connection? by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they NAT it to all their friends, would they be the Pittburgh Pirates?

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    You are not the customer.

  2. Along train tracks... by dstone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next, I think they should setup access points along the train tracks.

    I agree. Think of the 1337 h0b05. 0wn1n6 all the train commuters' wireless notebooks & PDAs. Good stuff.

  3. Very clever indeed by Sanity · · Score: 5, Funny
    Pittsburgh is creating the network to show off its technological savvy and attract new businesses to move there, Gdovic said.
    Amazing, they can actually set up a Wifi network which anyone can access - most people do that by mistake...