Comments on: Owie: City Hall CIO Confirms (Again) That Wireless Philadelphia Now At Standstill http://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gtownradioboyhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/comment-page-1/#comment-4453 gtownradioboy Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:36:31 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/#comment-4453 This network can still be very valuable for a lot of (mainly municipal) uses. That's what made wi-fi projects in other places successes. They found a good practical use for them. Home internet access on this network is far from ideal and access on the go is better served by WiMax (which ain't here yet). WiMax connections are steady in cars going as fast as 60 mph. G-town Radio dreams of the day it's here. This network can still be very valuable for a lot of (mainly municipal) uses. That’s what made wi-fi projects in other places successes. They found a good practical use for them. Home internet access on this network is far from ideal and access on the go is better served by WiMax (which ain’t here yet). WiMax connections are steady in cars going as fast as 60 mph. G-town Radio dreams of the day it’s here.

]]> By: C. The Impalerhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/comment-page-1/#comment-4451 C. The Impaler Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:24:27 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/#comment-4451 Had a laugh over this in my hotel: "To read the headlines, you’d think the dream of free, citywide wireless was dead coast to coast. One after another, big municipal Wi-Fi projects—San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta— have hit the skids. But check out the rest of the map: Dozens of lower-profile locales are launching government-sponsored networks. Most are smaller cities and counties, where bureaucracies are less onerous and costs are lower. (<b>Philadelphia, the sixth-largest US city, is the biggest urban area to get a network running, with about 100 square miles of coverage.</b>) Road trip? Here’s where to jump online." —cyrus farivar, <i>Wired</i> iss. 16.03I'm pretty sure <i>Wired's</i> covered Earthlink's death spiral relationship with Philadelphia, so who sourced them our 'in the green' rating?http://www.wired.com/images/multimedia/magazine/1603/1603_atlas.pdf Had a laugh over this in my hotel:
“To read the headlines, you’d think the dream of free, citywide wireless was dead coast to coast. One after another, big municipal Wi-Fi projects—San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta— have hit the skids. But check out the rest of the map: Dozens of lower-profile locales are launching government-sponsored networks. Most are smaller cities and
counties, where bureaucracies are less onerous and costs are lower. (Philadelphia, the sixth-largest US city, is the biggest urban area to get a network running, with about
100 square miles of coverage.) Road trip? Here’s where to jump online.” —cyrus farivar, Wired iss. 16.03

I’m pretty sure Wired’s covered Earthlink’s death spiral relationship with Philadelphia, so who sourced them our ‘in the green’ rating?

http://www.wired.com/images/multimedia/magazine/1603/1603_atlas.pdf

]]> By: fuckermosthttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/comment-page-1/#comment-4449 fuckermost Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:16:33 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2008/03/06/owie-city-hall-cio-confirms-again-that-wireless-philadelphia-now-at-standstill/#comment-4449 yeah, i've had this earthlink wireless service for almost a year and i think i've paid for it twice. it might be run by a rabbit with one ear sticking up, but the shit's free most of the time because they're such a trainwreck. so it's pretty bad, but free ain't all bad, if you know what i'm sayin'. yeah, i’ve had this earthlink wireless service for almost a year and i think i’ve paid for it twice. it might be run by a rabbit with one ear sticking up, but the shit’s free most of the time because they’re such a trainwreck. so it’s pretty bad, but free ain’t all bad, if you know what i’m sayin’.

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