Paris, The City Of Wi-Fi?

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Posted by timothy on Monday May 5, 2003 @05:56AM from the catacombs-too dept.

TheMatt writes "An article at the IHT describes an effort to make Paris one big Wi-Fi hotspot. The project, with partners like RATP and Cisco, if approved, will place two or three antennae outside each of the 372 Metro stations in Paris and link them through an existing fiber network that runs through the subway tunnels. The current pilot project is centered along the route of Bus No. 38. You can sign up for access to the pilot which is free until June 30."

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That would be excellent... by sulli · 2003-05-05 05:59 · Score: 4, Funny

except, of course, on the days when the network goes on strike. (Just like the RATP.)

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one bright side by greechneb · 2003-05-05 06:00 · Score: 4, Funny

One plus... they already have a great tower to cover all of Paris.

It's right <a href="http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/
"><b> here</b></a>
Pilot? by swordboy · 2003-05-05 06:01 · Score: 4, Funny

I just signed up using my location as Detroit...

*That* should give the Cisco engineers something to work for...

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1. Re:Pilot? by Surak · 2003-05-05 06:39 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I just signed up using my location as Detroit...
  
  Hmmm...who was it that said that Detroit was the Paris of the midwest? :)
  
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Uhh... by neoscsi · 2003-05-05 06:07 · Score: 2, Funny

can we call it Freedom Net? :)
Re:WiFi legal in France? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-05 06:10 · Score: 4, Funny

There was a brief skirmish over the spectrum, but the French military quickly surrendered any reservations.
Largest Wi-Fi antenna EVER. by pmbuko · 2003-05-05 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I can see it now: Pringles cans mounted all over the Eiffel Tower...

The hard part is finding enough French people to eat the chips.
WiFi Icon = FRANCE by Pzykotic · 2003-05-05 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, that icon slashdot uses for WiFi stories certainly looks familiar...
Re:Good plan but doesn't show scalability of wifi. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-05 06:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Uhhh....Wasn't the Eiffel Tower designed as a radio antenna? Get out the linksys and some jumper cables...
I was trying to come up with by IWantMoreSpamPlease · 2003-05-05 06:36 · Score: 2, Funny

a good joke about wardriving and France's military surrender history, but nothing springs to mind.

I'm willing to bet if enough /. geeks go wardriving and are asked about it, the French would surrender to them anyway ;)

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Re:Ha Ha Ha by Khalid · 2003-05-05 06:54 · Score: 2, Funny

This seems to be translated from English by an automatic translation engine :)

In French you would say :

Moquez vous de nous tant que vous voulez, mais au moins nous on a une connection WiFi pour nos ordinateurs.

Sorry I didn't understand the last sentence !
Viva WiFi! by nxs212 · 2003-05-05 07:13 · Score: 3, Funny

Hey, I see nothing wrong with sipping cappuchinos at the café, ogling at well-endowed waitresses and reading the latest slashdot article on my tablet..AND gettting paid for doing remote desktop support :)
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Re:Good plan but doesn't show scalability of wifi. by mmol_6453 · 2003-05-05 07:24 · Score: 1, Funny

Except for public key encryption, and a few legal niceties.

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