Google and Earthlink have submitted a proposal to the city of San Francisco to bring WiFi to the entire city. There will
be a combination of free and paid services, depending on the speeds.
Google will run the slower free network
at speeds from 256 - 384 kbps. Earthlink will offer service at 1mbps.
Google and Earthlink will both be
responsible for building and operating the effort, and will share the costs incurred.
Google and Earthlink team up to create a WiFi San Francisco
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. What are DSL and Cable ISP doing to respond to the unwiring of San Francisco? They are losing a huge cash cow and cannot be happy about it. They still have a higher bandwidth niche, but ubiquitous wireless access will be driving down the costs of accessing the Internet. If they attempt to make a law against it, we should be prepared to oppose it.
I like to imagine new applications that will be enabled by having Internet access outdoors. You could go for a walk and have multimedia history lessons on your hand held computer. How about house hunting? You could see many more properties and get much more information in a single afternoon.
Posted at 1:19PM on Feb 25th 2006 by Greg Hoke
1. Roll on Google!
I heard this is being planned within London, too.
Now, if only someone would do this in central Edinburgh!
(Telewest anyone?)
Posted at 1:22PM on Feb 22nd 2006 by Mark