Free Wi-Fi debuts in San Francisco

[Redfairen]

The city and county of San Francisco teamed up with Earthlink and Google nearly a decade ago to build what was planned as a citywide Wi-Fi network, only to see Earthlink retreat from its municipal Wi-Fi business in 2007. The citywide system was never built.

Now San Francisco is taking another shot at that goal and is going it alone, at least for now. On Monday, the city will turn on free outdoor Wi-Fi along Market Street, the city’s main drag, all the way from the central Castro District down to where the street meets San Francisco Bay. On Monday morning, a splash screen appearing on the network read, “Welcome! Enjoy This Free Service. Mayor Edwin M. Lee.”

The network will be free, won’t carry ads, and won’t require users to sign in. Unlike the failed Earthlink system, it won’t be offered as a home broadband service and will be strictly an outdoor network.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2080820/san-francisco-gives-its-main-street-free-wifi-eyes-citywide-service.html

[searchingforlight]

1. Hopefully it will be universal at some point.

[RKP5637]

2. Yea!!!!!! K&R!!!!!!!!!

[Bennyboy]

3. This is so awesome....

Now, for fifty bucks everyone will be able to access the internet in that area. Excellent idea, hope the bust it out throughout the city....

This will especially benefit homeless porn users, who can buy a cheap tablet, lie on the sidewalk and entertain themselves.