[svlug] Metrofi free Wireless in Sunnyvale and elsewhere

[David E. Fox]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:59:40PM -0700, Akkana Peck wrote:

> This is only of use to residents, not visitors who come to
> Sunnyvale with a laptop, right? (I don't live in Sunnyvale or

That remains to be seen. One has to obtain a signon, and presumably
since you have to qualify your closeness to an access point, they would
do some residency checking. But I don't think they'll be doing much of
any more residency checking past ahving a place to ship the device to,

>From only a cursory standpoint, it doesn't appear to be the same as
Google's or other hot spots, where you can simply point your wireless
out the car window :) supposedly getting a signal. But then I don't have
a laptop.

> 	...Akkana

>     "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com

Maybe I'll look therein - as I now have a digital camera :).


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