The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has issued a press release on Google's collection of WiFi data that was obtained by the StreetView cars as they drove round. In what appears to be a holding statement, the ICO says that it has reviewed samples of collected data at Google premises and confirms that the samples do not include any "meaningful personal details". Additionally, the
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The city and state of Hawaii have broadband access available in a lot of the public transportation here as a incentive for people to take public transportation. I would love to be able to get work done while in transit but sadly public transportation is not a viable option for me. It seems though that the cable companies are worried
My parents live 6 miles from the closest town and about 3 miles from the closest high speed cable drop. Seeing this article in Engadget today got me to thinking on a solution that I may have to play around with. The key will be finding someone willing to let me mount some commercial WiFi Gear up on their roof.
Imagine you are a executive at Verizon Wireless, Time Warner/AOl, Earthlink, Tmobile etc and you have just spent millions upgrading broadband service and were trying to figure out your pricing model only to find out that Google is going to give free service to an entire city. Imagine that your 69.95 monthly price tag for mobile wireless access can be
First I want to thank one of readers for sending us the Google WiFi link yesterday, he helped us be one of the first few sites to post the information which resulted in one of our higher traffic days around here. More info is on the street tonight. Those of you that took the time to read the FAQ which