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FCC Goes WiFi

Posted by michael on from the one-short-ping-for-man-one-giant-leap-for-government dept.

Newer Guy writes "Today, the FCC announced that they will offer their visitors free wireless Internet access. Here's the press release (pdf)."

11 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. Woohooo by MC68040 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can read my RFC's via WIFI at the FCC!

  2. Re:cool.. by CausticWindow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think of the posibilities. Take a trip there, load up Slashdot and click on any link in the comments (goatse) and sue them for broadcasting indecent material.

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  3. Pr0n by Zemran · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now I can park in their car park and dl all the pr0n and MP3s I want ?

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    1. Re:Pr0n by GovernmentSources · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've obviously never been to Washington, D.C. The Internet access is free, the parking is not.

  4. pdf press release by EpsCylonB · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's nice that they provide wireless internet access so you can download the software required to read their documents.

  5. you're not looking for a slashdotter by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny
    Can't a DC based Slashdotter pay a visit to the FCC and check it out? Is outbound port 25 blocked?

    You misspelled "spammer."

  6. But by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    They'll all be in PDF.

  7. I love the FCC. by sekzscripting · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does a warm cup of censorship come with it?

  8. excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I know where to go when I want to download mp3s. I bet the RIAA will have fun when they figure out who's IP address they tracked down.

  9. Slashdotting the FCC? by jonbrewer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Michael is turning us all into terrorists, suggesting we participate in a distributed denial of service attack on a us government agency. Thank God I'm not in the US...

  10. I could be mistaken... by syukton · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but I think we just slashdotted the FCC.

    Is this something we should be concerned about?

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