wireless in seattle
Since going wireless and mobile at the same time,
it's amazing how many free hotspots I've noticed in my neighborhood, they've
been here but I didn't see them before. This is my first moblog upload, or mobile blog
entry. The place I'm hanging out at the moment is
Cafe Maree.
It's a short walk from my house.
(a snapshot of the entrance of my new office)
Another few blocks from home is Zoka, a coffee joint that also serves free bandwidth with their java and baked goods. Though the photograph is small, Zoka is larger and better-known, in both the coffee world and the wireless community. Can't walk in the place without tripping over a laptop, and it's always packed with students using the place as a library.
(my other new office)
Yesterday I sat outside Zoka, and opened a connection instantly. I had several appear. That block is so hot, I saw six individual broadcasters show up in my list of available servers, at least two of them were free. One was from a bar across the street. The others appeared to be individuals who live in apartments nearby.
This is all new to me. Googling "Seattle" and "wireless", I learned that there's a local movement to make the airwaves free.
A clip from a recent issue of the Seattle Weekly :
The revolution may be wireless
Northwest networkers work toward a complete communications grid, minus the corporate interest.
"...techie sophisticates who are building their own free community wireless networks, networks which, coincidentally, share some open radio frequencies with hams.
These networkers string their tin-can network--sans string but including some real cans--from apartment to storefront to rooftop for no better reason than because they can and because it's cool. The fact that it's useful, helps the public good by expanding free access, lets them meet their neighbors ("Hi, I'm running a free network"), and might even put the screws to cell companies and telco giants..."
That's all for now...
Reporting from Cafe Maree where I have a giant coffee and a folder full of check stubs, I'm supposed to be working on my taxes...
(a snapshot of the entrance of my new office)
Another few blocks from home is Zoka, a coffee joint that also serves free bandwidth with their java and baked goods. Though the photograph is small, Zoka is larger and better-known, in both the coffee world and the wireless community. Can't walk in the place without tripping over a laptop, and it's always packed with students using the place as a library.
(my other new office)
Yesterday I sat outside Zoka, and opened a connection instantly. I had several appear. That block is so hot, I saw six individual broadcasters show up in my list of available servers, at least two of them were free. One was from a bar across the street. The others appeared to be individuals who live in apartments nearby.
This is all new to me. Googling "Seattle" and "wireless", I learned that there's a local movement to make the airwaves free.
A clip from a recent issue of the Seattle Weekly :
The revolution may be wireless
Northwest networkers work toward a complete communications grid, minus the corporate interest.
"...techie sophisticates who are building their own free community wireless networks, networks which, coincidentally, share some open radio frequencies with hams.
These networkers string their tin-can network--sans string but including some real cans--from apartment to storefront to rooftop for no better reason than because they can and because it's cool. The fact that it's useful, helps the public good by expanding free access, lets them meet their neighbors ("Hi, I'm running a free network"), and might even put the screws to cell companies and telco giants..."
That's all for now...
Reporting from Cafe Maree where I have a giant coffee and a folder full of check stubs, I'm supposed to be working on my taxes...
Posted: Fri - March 12, 2004 at 07:25 PM
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