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From: Bill Z.
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:57

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John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> writes:

> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/free_wi_fi_san_francisco/>
> <snip>
>    Around the world the idea of cities providing a low-bandwidth Wi-Fi
>    service to their residents for free has been considered, promoted,
>    deployed and bankrupted time and time again, but that's not stopping
>    San Franciso -- the city that still wants everyone to wear flowers in
>    its hair, and with a mayor convinced that municipal Wi-Fi should be
>    his legacy.

Try <http://www.newsguide.us/technology/networking/Meraki-Extends-Free-The-Net-Project-In-San-Francisco-To-Affordable-Housing-Complexes/>

It seems that no city funds are involved and that the company
providing it intends to sell hardware/software to anyone who
wants to create such a network.

The bad feature I found so far is described at
<http://sf.meraki.com/faq#tech>, which claims that the first
time you use it, you get some sort of "splash screen", which
I guess is a web page, and that you can "click through it" to
go to where you first intended.   If you don't have a browser
or use a browser, it is not clear what happens.

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