Gothamist: NYC Parks Want Their WiFi By July

Anya

Tue, 16 May 2006 18:03:47 -0500

Yes, anybody can intercept your traffic (both up and down) if it's not encrypted. That means email (contents login name and password), in most cases. It's worth Googling combos of [wifi security hotspot] until you find some info on secutiry in public spaces

emilyt

Tue, 16 May 2006 15:42:35 -0500

hope everyone finds a dark enough corner in order to actually see their laptop screen.

Vin

Tue, 16 May 2006 14:30:35 -0500

Does anyone know whether the free WiFi in City Hall Park and Stuyvesant Cove Park are set up?

Andrew J. Lederer

Tue, 16 May 2006 13:50:57 -0500

As a resident of Battery Park let me be the first to celebrate the fact that us rich folks got wi-fi before poor people did! HOORAY!!! [11] Posted by: Karl Rove's Mom | May 16, 2006 11:57 AM ********************************************** If you're actually a resident of Battery Park, it's unlikely you're rich.

Ace

Tue, 16 May 2006 12:11:26 -0500

"Such WiFi is either expensive, inconvenient, unreliable, or" ...unnecessary?

Karl Rove's Mom

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:57:52 -0500

As a resident of Battery Park let me be the first to celebrate the fact that us rich folks got wi-fi before poor people did! HOORAY!!!

Hipster

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:50:08 -0500

Do they provide free HackySacks too? Cause that would be hella sweet

jgo

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:35:04 -0500

Free wifi in Bryant Park is provided by Google.

washington square park

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:31:29 -0500

Why isn't washington square park on the list?! Anyone know what the story is with that and wifi?

duh

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:27:37 -0500

Laptop thief paradise

Charles the Luddite

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:17:54 -0500

Ugh...I hope they never get around to doing it. I hope they fail. If it is so important for people to be wired wherever they go and they are so desperate to be ignorant of their surroundings and so uncomfortable with the idea of just *relaxing*, just *stay home* with your DSL and leave the parks to the less annoying people. Parks aren't made for sitting around and surfing the net.

hack me please

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:17:14 -0500

I thought it was supposed to be super easy for people to intercept your browsing. Why would anyone use free wifi for anything but reading the news or Gothamist?

stefanie

Tue, 16 May 2006 11:10:29 -0500

What about Hudson River Park? The area around Christopher Street is ripe for wifi - heard something about it a few years ago but it never happened...

will

Tue, 16 May 2006 10:43:11 -0500

does the universal free wifi access come with pony?

S.D.

Tue, 16 May 2006 10:07:15 -0500

Not complaining, but how in the world did Municipalities get into the ISP buisness? Free Wifi sounds good, but how many people can they shoehorn into each 54Mb access points? Bet it's prempted by SPAMERS and Virus infected laptops...

Adam Piontek

Tue, 16 May 2006 10:03:05 -0500

...there are so many Starbucks around, not to mention WiFi you can steal. I've often figured this is the reason we don't have city-wide municipal WiFi. There's no other sensible reason. Unfortunately this isn't sensible, either. Such WiFi is either expensive, inconvenient, unreliable, or some combination thereof. At the very least free wifi in parks would be convenient and inexpensive, and hopefully hit reliable as well. And if we get that, maybe we could work on extending it to other public spaces as well.