For real! I'm excited as the next guy for free city wide WiFi... but the blog post is just fluff. I mean great you connected to google's free WiFi... I connected to my local coffee shop's a few hours ago and now I'm connected at my house.Not a very informative article... but nice to know they're making steps in the right direction.
Good point. There are some saying that Google could do much more than just simply target better; some were calling it a marriage between online and offline. Sit in a restaurant in town while on Google's network and see a coupon pop up through AdSense inviting you to save on your next meal there, that type of thing. I'm sure it's years away, but it's interesting to contemplate. Whether or not I want that type of advertising is another question altogether, but I'm interested in what Google might do with all of this. It has intriguing implications.
Hopefully this means I can cancel broadband subscription soon. I'd rather deal with Google than some anti-net neutrality homeland security spying telecom.
i wonder if the proposed san francisco google wifi will be the same as this implementation of it. i believe the model they're looking at for sf involves a free level of service and also a premium service, with the free wifi having a reduced speed compared to the premium level. they won the bid from the city, but they still have to negotiate a deal with sf before they can beginning rolling it out.
Why is this getting dug down? It's an informative post that deals directly with the topic. Are we so brainwashed by Google that we would digg him down because he violated some half-assed EULA?
coder_cottonJul 27, 2006
I can't wait till Google gets to Phoenix. I'd gladly look at adsense all day for free wifi if they go ad-supported even.
gtownJul 27, 2006
For real! I'm excited as the next guy for free city wide WiFi... but the blog post is just fluff. I mean great you connected to google's free WiFi... I connected to my local coffee shop's a few hours ago and now I'm connected at my house.Not a very informative article... but nice to know they're making steps in the right direction.
lo0olJul 27, 2006
Good point. There are some saying that Google could do much more than just simply target better; some were calling it a marriage between online and offline. Sit in a restaurant in town while on Google's network and see a coupon pop up through AdSense inviting you to save on your next meal there, that type of thing. I'm sure it's years away, but it's interesting to contemplate. Whether or not I want that type of advertising is another question altogether, but I'm interested in what Google might do with all of this. It has intriguing implications.
rocke86Jul 28, 2006
Secure access client, so you are safe from wifi sniffers.
yllabianbitpipeJul 28, 2006
Hopefully this means I can cancel broadband subscription soon. I'd rather deal with Google than some anti-net neutrality homeland security spying telecom.
logik00Jul 28, 2006
a public connection available anywhere? the guys at google are a bunch of visionaries and i hope they take over the world.
mediaphileJul 28, 2006
i wonder if the proposed san francisco google wifi will be the same as this implementation of it. i believe the model they're looking at for sf involves a free level of service and also a premium service, with the free wifi having a reduced speed compared to the premium level. they won the bid from the city, but they still have to negotiate a deal with sf before they can beginning rolling it out.
thethirdwheelJul 28, 2006
Why is this getting dug down? It's an informative post that deals directly with the topic. Are we so brainwashed by Google that we would digg him down because he violated some half-assed EULA?
motangJul 28, 2006
LOL...ok the whole county then!