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Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot

Posted by michael on from the but-when-you-walk-outside-you're-in-texas dept.

Omega1045 writes "The Austin Chronicle is running an interesting article on how Austin is fast becoming the Wi-Fi Capital of the Free (as in beer) Wireless World. With the industry standardization board Wi-Fi Alliance moving to Austin earlier this year, and groups like Austin Free-Net helping local businesses, the article quotes Austin has having more hotspots 'than anywhere else on the planet'. While this article does quite a bit of bragging about Austin, it also does a great job of highlighting how businesses and local non-profits can work together to promote and profit from free Wi-Fi Internet access. This provides an excellent model for other cities to follow using tools like Less Network."

6 of 185 comments (clear)

  1. Dear Slashdot by Letter · · Score: 2, Funny
    Dear Slashdot,

    So you can get free wi-fi...
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    .
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    but you have to live in Texas.

    -Letter

  2. Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm moving to Austin. Err, once I move out of my parent's basement.

  3. WiFi irony... by RLiegh · · Score: 2, Funny

    I live in a small town -with wal*mart being our nearest retail store- and I chuckle every time I see their WiFi cards, routers, etc sitting and gathering dust.

    The nearest hotspot is most likely 12 miles away!

  4. Oh great Toronto in the making... by peeon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here comes the child porn surfers driving around with no pants on.

  5. Re:"wireless"? by Twid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry to reply to my own comment, but I looked closer at the picture in the article of Richard MacKinnon, captioned as part of the Austin Wireless City Project. He has a rather conspicuous power cable plugged into his laptop.

    Wireless? I think not. :)

    --
    - "When you want something with all your heart, the entire universe conspires to give it to you" -Paulo Coelho
  6. They should exploit Austin's unique advantage... by gojomo · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and WiFi the Austin Moontowers.