There used to be one of the feeler hotspots at the school across the street from me for a while, but it hasn't been running much in the last 3-4 years. It was just basic 802.11(x) so the range was pretty poor as was the speed.<br clear="all">
--<br>Dave<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Tim Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timschmidt@gmail.com">timschmidt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Anyone ever hear about what happened<br>
> to the GR initiative to provide wireless all<br>
> over the city? There was some fanfare<br>
> 3 or so years ago. A contract was supposedly<br>
> let out to some company. But then all went<br>
> silent, with the usual lack of fanfare.<br>
> I presume the effort is dead, but does anyone<br>
> know anything specific about the situation?<br>
> On another front, Comcast now has about<br>
> 15M data customers. So is it more likely now<br>
> to sit on the situation, as in a monopoly, or<br>
> to provide some new and wonderful things,<br>
> like something akin to FiOS? It supposedly<br>
> has some new tier services in the wings to<br>
> roll out in this area now, but I haven't heard<br>
> anything yet in my end of town.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I am very curious about this as well... I remember the fanfare, and<br>
have occasionally thought about it. No clue what happened.<br>
<br>
--tim<br>
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