[GRLUG] NOT LINUX - local ISPs

[David Wise]

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.
--
Dave


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone ever hear about what happened
> > to the GR initiative to provide wireless all
> > over the city?  There was some fanfare
> > 3 or so years ago.  A contract was supposedly
> > let out to some company.  But then all went
> > silent, with the usual lack of fanfare.
> > I presume the effort is dead, but does anyone
> > know anything specific about the situation?
> > On another front,  Comcast now has about
> > 15M data customers.  So is it more likely now
> > to sit on the situation, as in a monopoly, or
> > to provide some new and wonderful things,
> > like something akin to FiOS?  It supposedly
> > has some new tier services in the wings to
> > roll out in this area now, but I haven't heard
> > anything yet in my end of town.
>
> I am very curious about this as well...  I remember the fanfare, and
> have occasionally thought about it.  No clue what happened.
>
> --tim
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