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Texas State Parks Offer Wi-Fi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tough-to-take-a-vacation dept.

digrieze writes "Here's a story raising a holiday ruckus. Texas has started providing free Wi-Fi service at state parks, causing friction with the 'get away from it all' crew. Looks like a nice place to vacation to me."

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  1. Re:Free? by Davak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Hence, in order to have good coverage, you need to put antennas all over the park."

    Great! That's exactly what I want...

    "Hey, dad, is that a long-necked gray glacksmale hawk on that wi-fi tower over there?"

    Honestly though, you know what will really happen?

    a- Spammers will hit the open access points to flood their product onto the net.
    b- Kids will steal as many access points as possible.
    c- Tax payers will wonder what the hell they are doing putting wi-fi out in the middle of nowhere instead of giving wi-fi to rural Texas... where it might actually improve quality of life.

    I am a wi-fi fan-boy... but what the hell?