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San Francisco's Got Free Wi-Fi
Carpoolio writes "If you're living in San Francisco, chances are you can connect, for free, to the BARWN -- the Bay Area Research Wireless Network. BARWN broadcasts an 802.11 signal from the top of a big hill near San Francisco, and anyone with a clear sight line to the signal can connect. Another set of wireless nodes are being placed around town by SFLan, making Wi-Fi available to tens of thousands of people."
Free as in WIFI?
It really doesn't matter if it's 802.11b, a, or g.. within minutes the connection will be slashdotted and brought to its knees.
Just blanket the city with this and we're set.
from the top of a big hill near San Francisco, and anyone with a clear sight line to the signal can connect. Another set of wireless nodes are being placed around town by SFLan, making Wi-Fi available to tens of thousands of people
In other news, the CDC and the Cancer Research Institute have sent observers in the city of San Francisco. When asked about their presence, CDC operatives declared they were here to monitor the results of an undisclosed "full-scale experiment".
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I left my AP in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where signals are 3 bars,
my ISP is 4 stars.
My network is in the air, I don't care
SF is not as big as some people think it is. Compared to neighboring cities you could probably fit 3 SF's in Oakland, and as many as 5 in San Jose.
I'm sorry, that doesn't speak to me much : just so I have an idea, how many SFs would you say fit in one Library of Congress?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I don't know about that, but I do know that one SF weighs approximately one hundred thousand elephants.
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