Free 300kB/s Wi-Fi for everyone

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:05 pm

in the city, provided by Google:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/ ... ity_1.html

Google's approach with this and other projects is to solve the "people problem" first -- in this case, giving people Internet access throughout the city -- and worry about money later

Post by **DooMer** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:19 pm

My entire county is going to have free wireless for everyone. Not as fast, you'd have to pay a fee for speed. http://www.oakgov.com/wireless/

Post by **mjrpes** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:32 pm

Google's Plan

Step 1: Cover America with Google wireless
Step 2: Buy up dark fiber and create google backbone
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Profit?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:42 pm

old as last year

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:43 pm

Perhaps google could require a portion of any CPU's resources to be committed to distributed computing projects in return for free Wifi service.

It could enormously increase progress for all sorts of biotech and physics distributed computing projects, as the resources are loaned to them for a fee. As is done now with supercomputers.

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:53 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:old as last year

New as in more detailed information.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:54 pm

Post by **Dave** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:37 pm

Post by **Foo** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:43 pm

Post by **Foo** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:43 pm

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:55 pm

mjrpes wrote:Google's Plan

Step 1: Cover America with Google wireless
Step 2: Buy up dark fiber and create google backbone
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Profit?

Lol, underpants gnomes?

Post by **Foo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:04 am

They never did get their business plan up to halifax or barclays standards.