WiFi Gone Wild

b4k4 writes "According to this news release, the Texas Department of Transportation is proposing to install hotspots at all 84 Safety Rest Stops and 12 Travel Information Centers statewide. This would be in addition to the four test locations already in place along US287." Reader polluted notes that Portland is working on free WiFi. An anonymous reader sent in word of this year's wifi-shootout, a contest to maximize the range for an 802.11b connection. And Roland Piquepaille writes in regarding cows wearing WiFi collars, which I'm afraid reminds me of a crummy sci-fi movie.

Comments

Re:is it all free in these places?

[djsmiley]

lol...

and the movie was battle royal?!

Free wifi is a dangerious idea tbh. if its free, you need some kind of authrisation on the netowrks first, so you know whos connecting.

They should set up some kind of service, where they can check whom you are first, so if you go on some hacking spree they know whom to blame.

A simple online form to fill in will do, but you get the idea. (like having the isp know whom you are!)