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Thinking about playing hooky in a city park with your laptop? The Parks & Recreation Department has created a Google mash-up of parks with WiFi. There is even a live status update for the hotspots - looks like our plan to blog from the polar bear area of the Central Park this afternoon is foiled!
Very important: Here's information about connect your laptop to city parks wireless.
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No surprise that the most wealthy hoods, the ones with open wireless signals everywhere already are the ones offering access, see the big fat empty spaces on the map? thats where those who cannot afford good internet service live.
Some parks offer free computer labs and classes because many people cannot afford a computer in some of these hoods, opening up wireless access is the next logical step in those parks.
anyone have an idea of the range?
Why are people obsessed with Wi-fi? When all of your personal stuff gets hacked who are you going to complain to?
If you click on any of the spots you can see the range marked in yellow...
Well you have to start somewhere. I agree wholeheartedly -- the digital divide must be bridged. WiFi Salon is a major supporter of initiatives like One Laptop Per Child, and to bringing WiFi to the 27 CRCs -- Computer Resource Centers -- so that local residents could become more computer literate.
That IS the logical next step.
Best,
Marshall Brown
CEO WiFi Salon
www.wifisalon.com
646-827-0733
Well you have to start somewhere. I agree wholeheartedly -- the digital divide must be bridged. WiFi Salon is a major supporter of initiatives like One Laptop Per Child, and to bringing WiFi to the 27 CRCs -- Computer Resource Centers -- so that local residents could become more computer literate.
That IS the logical next step.
Best,
Marshall Brown
CEO WiFi Salon
marshall@wifisalon.com
646-827-0733
www.wifisalon.com