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San Francisco's Got Free Wi-Fi

Posted by timothy on from the leave-your-heart-and-brain dept.

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."

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  1. RIAA Sues City of San Francisco ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Troll

    ... it will happen

  2. Not as cool as advertised, for me by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 0, Troll
    I live just west of twin peaks in a forgotten neighbourhood nestled between Laguna Honda Gomer Home and the Sutro Tower. We have no line of sight to ANYTHING except my nieghbour's house and the top of Sutro Tower.

    It took YEARS to get DSL up hear, and even so, the fasted I can get is 384 because of the distance to the telco.

    I find WhyFi to be even more hype bloated than the "new Economy" balderdash that was washing around SF a few years back. Don't get me wrong: it's great to go into a cafe and get online for free: it's a lovely thing. But the broad swath of free online-ness approach is not all that it's cracked up to be, even (and oddly, ESPECIALLY) here in SF.

    RS

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