Find the free WiFi here…!
Why didn’t I know about this already?
I’m the proud owner of an iPod Touch that rides on free WiFi when I’m out of the house. My primary machine’s a laptop, and I like to work from somewhere other than my house a lot of the time (especially on days like today.) And - I know and like Adam DuVander - we travel in the same tech circles (plus run into each other in random places around town.)
I also know and love the Personal Telco Project (especially since the never-did-work-for-me MetroFi has given up the ghost), and am thankful for their efforts. But if I need to find a WiFi node that also has pie? Is open 24 hours? Located near the place I’m going to be tonight? Or has a way to send my search via text message? I’m going to be using WiFiPDX from now on.
Even *after* I score my much anticipated iPhone 3G on July 11th…
The Personal Telco Project (PTP) map is far from perfect, so it pains me to criticize, possibly causing my glass house to explode into tiny shards, but the WifiPDX map is painfully stale in a number of cases. For example, The Daily Double (a former PTP node) has been out of business for at least a couple years now. Also a bunch of active Personal Telco nodes are missing. These things need active maintenance, ideally by the users that can find obscure locations and report on status. Every year or so, the Personal Telco tries to audit its nodes to determine whether indeed the nodes we think are there, really still are. If people want to report PTP outages, please do so at: info@personaltelco.net.
Also, if you’ve got an internet connection at home or at your business, consider sharing it with your community and join Personal Telco in making Portland a better place. It isn’t that hard. Personal Telco has been around for 8 years, we know how to do this stuff, we are here to help.
Be the Free Wifi.
[...] Find the free WiFi here…! Betsy Richter writes “But if I need to find a WiFi node that also has pie? Is open 24 hours? Located near the place I’m going to be tonight? Or has a way to send my search via text message? I’m going to be using WiFiPDX from now on.” [...]