Comments on: Wireless Series (Part 2): You Got Some Sweet Wi-Fi… http://mattjacoby.com/wireless-series-part-2-you-got-some-sweet-wi-fi/ a tech blog for non-techie peoplez Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jabloggy http://mattjacoby.com/wireless-series-part-2-you-got-some-sweet-wi-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Jabloggy Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:36:13 +0000 http://mattjacoby.com/jabloggy-techblog/?p=51#comment-80 Not necessarily. Let's take Madison, WI for example. We still need a third party Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Charter to access the Internet in our homes and offices. The wireless city access that's setup is only a downtown service, and you could pay to access it on your mobile device or laptop while you're downtown (since you can't access your home Internet from downtown). I'm not sure what the politics are like if a city provides access to the entire city and acts as a competitor to a third party that already "owns" that particular area. It may already exist like this in some cities, but I'm not entirely sure. Not necessarily. Let’s take Madison, WI for example. We still need a third party Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Charter to access the Internet in our homes and offices. The wireless city access that’s setup is only a downtown service, and you could pay to access it on your mobile device or laptop while you’re downtown (since you can’t access your home Internet from downtown).

I’m not sure what the politics are like if a city provides access to the entire city and acts as a competitor to a third party that already “owns” that particular area. It may already exist like this in some cities, but I’m not entirely sure.

]]> By: Pam http://mattjacoby.com/wireless-series-part-2-you-got-some-sweet-wi-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Pam Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:15:33 +0000 http://mattjacoby.com/jabloggy-techblog/?p=51#comment-73 So eventually, with the city-wide access, will we be able to drop our internet providers for a free or cheap way to access the internet? So eventually, with the city-wide access, will we be able to drop our internet providers for a free or cheap way to access the internet?

]]>