[MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/technology/circuits/12wifi.html

N.Y. Times
December 12, 2002

The Wi-Fi Boom

By ADAM BAER

ON a brisk autumn day in Portland, Ore., Paul van Veen was soaking up some
sun as he logged on to the Internet - from a spot in bustling Pioneer
Courthouse Square. Mr. van Veen was looking for a job, and he was surfing
the Web over a free wireless connection.

These days, Pioneer Courthouse Square is but one of some 140 public spots
across Portland with free Internet access using a high-speed wireless
technology known as Wi-Fi. The network of such Wi-Fi "hot spots"
throughout the city was developed by Personal Telco, a grass-roots,
nonprofit group devoted to blanketing the city with free access points.

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