jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Same as MetroFi
Personally, all these WiFi sucks big time the moment you try to stream video or download something. |
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ka9gla
join:2005-06-05
Menomonee Falls, WI | yep |
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Mark
Premium
join:2001-11-15
Mesa, AZ
| Whoa
Those people sure complain a lot for something that is free.
.. and what's the whole argument about signal strength in that thread? It didn't really feel like anyone in that thread knew what they were talking about regarding RF or FCC regulations. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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 ·Comcast
|  City-wide WiFi limitations are becoming obvious
All the hype about city after city rolling out citywide WiFi has often failed to acknowledge the significant limitations of these services. Even when rolled out by well funded organizations and even when well planned, these roll outs have serious coverage and speed limitations. And they also fail to give access to residents inside buildings without additional expenditures by residents themselves.
And issues about the costs of ongoing maintenance and support have been minimally evaluated. All in all, the reality of this type of wireless infrastructure has severely underperformed the promises.
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Fluker
join:2005-04-07
West Lafayette, IN
2 edits | (Never mind)
mods? |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to Mark
Re: Whoa
Just because it's free you cant complain?
They have no accountability? |
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trusty
join:1999-08-26
Chicago, IL
| They should demand their money back too. Or better yet, get as many people to pay their next bill late. That will make them sit up and take notice!
Who's with me? Who has the flaming torches and pitchforks! 
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Mark
Premium
join:2001-11-15
Mesa, AZ | reply to ninjatutle
When you pay money for something, you complain.
When you get something for free, you comment or suggest.
There is accountability in both situations, but the tone is much different. |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to trusty
Well you have all these anti telco freaks on here preaching muni is the answer for everything. |
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AnonDOG
@kaballero.com | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: City-wide WiFi limitations are becoming obvious
quote:
And they also fail to give access to residents inside buildings without additional expenditures by residents themselves.
The "entitled" generation chimes in yet another time... |
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swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
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·surpasshosting
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail  :And they also fail to give access to residents inside buildings without additional expenditures by residents themselves. Gimme a break lol It is free man, if I could get this service for free, I would not have any issue spending 200 dollars up front on a WiFi antenna to bring it in my house. |
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batageek
Slave To The Duopoly
Premium
join:2003-01-25 | reply to ninjatutle
Re: Whoa
GoogleFi is not MuniFi any more than FIOS is municable |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | They will be when they open shop in San Francisco. If they can't provide Mt. View with decent service, they'll have fun in San Francisco. |
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Tursiops_G
Technoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-06
Norwalk, CT
clubs:
·Optimum Online
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: City-wide WiFi limitations are becoming obvious
It's a *FREE* WiFi Service after all... You DO still have the option to *PAY* for Dial-Up, or perhaps DSL or Cable service, if that's available... Otherwise, spending about $50 for a "Cantenna" »www.cantenna.com/ may be all that you would need... And, If you're a "Do-It-Yourself" type, you could even BUILD one, for just a couple of bucks... »www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cante···wto.html
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Mark
Premium
join:2001-11-15
Mesa, AZ
| reply to TKJunkMail
When you get phone service, the phone company isn't responsible for giving you a phone.
The theory behind all this is fine, its today's user that expects everything to be hand delivered and perfectly functional with absolutely no cost.
If I don't know how to do something, I either learn how to do myself it or pay someone who does. I don't cry about how someone should be doing it for me for free. |
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laizure
join:2006-08-13
Mountain View, CA
| I have the High Power modem....
I have the Buffalo high power ethernet converter that they mention and live in Mountain View, right on the Los Altos border. However, rarely am I able to receive the GoogleWiFi signal. It pops up once in a while but is gone really fast. I would love to see more nodes. |
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jgkolt
Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs: | laizure are you actually within the coverage map?
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to ninjatutle
Re: Whoa
yeah, Mountain view is fairly flat... they just have the sites too far apart for decent use.
I used MetroFi when I was in Sunnyvale, and wasn't impressed, but then again it was ad driven, proxied and not as reliable as dialup. |
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batageek
Slave To The Duopoly
Premium
join:2003-01-25
| reply to ninjatutle
no...muni is muni provided...muni assets, muni employees, muni billed, etc....
public/private venture is different. Leasing city poles/r.o.w. does not make one a muni provider.
MetroFi is not muni wifi. Earthlink in Philly is not muni-fi. Utopia in Utah is not muni broadband really as they can't provide any retail services. Muni infrastructure owner yes, but not muni broadband. Want examples of the real deal, try Thomasville, GA or Kutztown, PA.
This is just a continuing misnomer pushed by an uneducated press. This is as backwards as the FCC calling everything over 200k "broadband." |
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GilbertMark
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ | Dopes and other assorted putzes.
If you don't like the FREE spotty service, then get bent! |
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