DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | My city is wireless
I live very close to Greenville Sc. It has wireless all though downtown... But I bet they dident rank on that list. |
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Tomek
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join:2002-01-30
Brooklyn, NY | How they checked it?
Did they just drove around the city with netstumbler and reported open (ie unsecured or public) APs?
Then I would rank NYC pretty high.
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Semper Fi |
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Kfedka
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join:2005-05-06
Spokane, WA | There are programs that can be used that creat fake access points. Maybe seattle has lots of those fake access points in business for security reasons. |
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Orwell1984
@fdn.com | Seattle
Is it really any wonder that Seattle tops the list? Think of all the coffee shops in that city. |
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aztecnology
O Rly?
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join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Tomek
Re: How they checked it?
said by Tomek  :Did they just drove around the city with netstumbler and reported open (ie unsecured or public) APs? Then I would rank NYC pretty high.
About the Survey
"Survey findings for the 2005 “Most Unwired Cities” are based on the number of commercial and public or “free” wireless access points (hotspots), airports with wireless access, and broadband availability. The survey also included community wireless access points, local wireless networks and wireless e-mail devices. The metro areas included in the survey were the 100 largest in the United States and based on the definitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas from the U.S. Census Bureau. The data was also calculated at the per-capita level to determine how many people share hotspots within a given city or region. Data was collected from a variety of industry sources between Jan. 1 and April 15, 2005 and weighted across a 100-point scale to allow comparison between categories".
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W8ASA
Tieng gi vay?
join:2000-07-31
Dayton, OH
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 ·magicjack.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·Vonage
1 edit | Dayton, Ohio Only Number 70?
I recently participated in the Downtown Dayton Wireless Days, and you can walk around downtown Dayton and get free wireless access almost anywhere. Pretty soon, that will be extended to the neighborhoods, too. I do mean free. Just click through an initial acknowledgement, and you don't have to give any personal information whatsoever - not even your name.
This has been done at NO cost to the taxpayers, and that should have been mentioned in that study. There are also the normal commercial access points as well.
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| Warren, OH?
I live 25 minutes from Warren. I have never seen, or heard anything about WI-FI being big there. Makes no sense to me. Only things, as just about everywhere now, I see for wireless up there is in hotels.
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Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA | Albany is #46!
Wow, Albany is number 46 on the list. Then again, yesterday as I pulled into my driveway I could have connected to 4 unsecured wireless networks had I wanted to. (As opposed to connecting to my secured wireless network.) |
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ASG9
join:2003-03-22
Big Easy
| smoke and mirrors
See the quote in link below from Verge Wireless exec Carlos MacDonald on how Baton Rouge, Louisiana "managed" to break the top 20 rankings.
»www.2theadvocate.com/stories/060···01.shtml |
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DaDogs
Semper Vigilantis
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join:2004-02-28
Deltaville, VA
| Always Wondered Why El Paso
Was #75 on such a list. You can get LOS to the rooftop to four million people from the mountains in El Paso.
»www.terraserver-usa.com/image.as···%7cTx%7c
Used to do a little listening in that area. Would love to install 5.8 GHz Motorola in that terrain.
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RyanG1
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join:2002-02-10
San Antonio, TX
clubs:
| SeattleWireless
is it a wonder that seattle is #1, isnt there that big project SeattleWireless going on there, to link all over the city?
I mean...it makes sense seeing as they are ranked #1 and they have one of the biggest projects going....
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need4speed88
join:2005-06-03
Carnation, WA
| WiMax baby
Seattle wants to be the leader in WiFi technology. WiMax is one of the 'big' bets they are hoping will do that. SF also has a open coverage based WiFi project so look for a little friendly competition.
Seattle... known for coffee... and now WiFi!  |
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hurfy
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join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA
| Apparently the survey doesn't actually count hot zones?!?
From the link someone gave it sounds like they need a business name to tie the spot to. Is this done by someone selling routers?
I have yet to figure out why Spokane never appears anywhere on this type of thing. 100 sq blocks of downtown (pretty much all of it) are a hot zone. |
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Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
clubs:
| reply to dslwanter
Re: Warren, OH?
i live in warren but unfortunately i dont have a laptop or even a wifi card for that matter to do any wardriving. but if you ever stroll down ohio ave., i have a nice open ap waiting for you |
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korym
Go Wisp's
ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-12-23
Richmond, VA
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| reply to hurfy
Re: WiMax baby
Probably because Intel's report revolves around WiMAX which isn't yet a "suitable" protocol for hotspot/hotzone endeavors. Perhaps an unbiased report is needed not by a manufacturer nor financially influenced support of a certain standard but a third-party partisan.
Just my two cents of course.
Regards,
Kory
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to dslwanter
Re: Warren, OH?
There was just something on the news tonight about how the Youngstown area is one of the lowest. Hmmmm, I go 20 minutes to the north and all of the sudden it's one of the best.
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Done_Posting
Shoot to kill
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join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
·buckeye cable
| Toledo, #5!
I'm not sure how many other companies have a wireless presence here, but I can confirm the fact that my company has been very agressive about deploying hotspots all over the place.
Aside from most of the coffee houses and ALL the libraries, we've got 5/3 Field online and many other spots around town.
The cool thing is that subscribers of our cable modem service get totally free access at any of the hotspots.
One of the few positive things I can claim about this "fair city"...
- Tate
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wyked
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join:2001-11-01
San Antonio, TX
| reply to DaMaGeINC
Re: My city is wireless
said by DaMaGeINC :I live very close to Greenville Sc. It has wireless all though downtown... But I bet they dident rank on that list. Actually Greenville, SC is #81 on the list
81. Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C. ....
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Primises
@12.111.x.x
| reply to Done_Posting
Re: Toledo, #5!
As a former user of "Blackeye" for a while when I was in Toledo, they don't have much to brag about. The media monopoly there is utterly ridiculous and the cablesystem is just another facet of that.
Toledo is pretty good for wireless though, and not just wifi internet and free, open AP's -- their wireless/cell coverage is also awfully good. I have friends that will pull out a PDA or phone and look up something online while travelling down Reynolds or Airport and such.
Also, when I lived down there ComWavz was available (and was very, very good). I noticed that they don't list greater Toledo as a coverage area anymore though, so I can only assume they sold that section off to someone else, so I doubt it's probably as well-maintained as it once was. |
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Primises
@12.111.x.x
| Unsurprising list
I was unsurprised to see a lot of Ohio areas, for example, listed. They don't have to fight the terrain so much in deploying AP's and towers.
Here in Michigan in most spots it's a wifi and wireless nightmare though. Trees are *everywhere*, hills, rivers, and lakes make the terrain vary so dramatically from one mile to the next, even in some urban areas... so I'm not surprised the Michigan contingent on the list is sparse. There are plenty of areas around here that simply don't (and can't feasibly) even get basic cellphoeen coverage as it is, let alone other wireless services. And that really can't and won't be addressed unless someone wants to put up tons and tons of towers... |
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