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[Brewed Fresh Daily] City Councilman Michael Keegan championed “the vision to provide the FREEway to the Internet to the city like other basic services, as a public amenity and convenience”, following his experience with a Hotspot at his local bakery/café. “Hermosa Beach residents now have a choice to surf the Internet just as they surf the Pacific - with rad’ speed 5 times faster than DSL at up to 6 Mbs per second, and “glassy”
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[Smart Mobs] Internet available on the beach: Hermosa Beach, a California beach town of 21,000 will offer free broadband wireless service to all city residents and businesses.From the press release."City Councilman Michael Keegan championed "the vision to provide the FREEway to the Internet to the city like other basic services,as a public amenity and convenience",following his experience with a Hotspot at his local bakery/café."Hermosa Beach residents now have a choice to surf the Internet just as they surf the Pacific - with rad’ speed 5 times faster than DSL at up to 6 Mbs per second, and "glassy" conditions",said a city official".
[Memoirs From The Edge] Up North With The Fam: Were they just jealous that Tropicana had their own ballpark? Do they really believe consumers walk into the OJ aisle of the grocery store and think "Well, I was going for the Pure Premium but boy do I love them 'Stros!" It seems to me one thirty second commercial DURING the game is just as effective at building a brand than naming the stadium. But maybe those cost more than $6 million a year, I don't know.
[Impractical Proposals Santa Monica] Surf City: Wireless access at the beach: No doubt this move is being orchestrated by SBC, since only subscribers to its wireless service, FreedomLink, will have unlimited internet access at the public parks. Other taxpayers will be able to get to the state's websites for free, but will be charged $7.95 for 24-hour access or $19.95 for unlimited monthly service if they want to check their email or go to weather.com while at the beach.
[Just a Bump in the Beltway] No Getting Away: The concession agreement between the parks department and SBC was widely touted with initial reports saying that the entire installation would be complete by the end of this month. So far, the service, formally called SBC FreedomLink Service, has been installed in 11 camps, and state officials say it will be the end of the summer by the time they're completed.
[Wifi.weblogsinc.com] SoCal Beach Town Goes WiFi - The WiFi Weblog - wifi.weblogsinc.com _: City Councilman Michael Keegan championed “the vision to provide the FREEway to the Internet to the city like other basic services, as a public amenity and convenience”, following his experience with a Hotspot at his local bakery/café. “Hermosa Beach residents now have a choice to surf the Internet just as they surf the Pacific - with rad’
[Afcn.org] Wireless Tech Radio internet show | Association For Community ...: Hermosa Beach officials are to be applauded for this service to its businesses, residents and city operations. While the service will serve the interests of commerce and quality of life in Hermosa Beach, WiFi can also enable the safety of Hermosa Beach for all, offering new communications options such as digital signage, and first responder video feeds.”
[Penmachine.com] Office on the beach - long-distance Wi-Fi and Voice over IP ...: Instead of a phone jack, however, it uses a standard Ethernet networking plug, and thus could connect to the wireless network and make phone calls over the Internet. (Software on one of the laptops emulated a VoIP phone to do the same thing.) It was using regular phone lines eventually, but to get to them the signal went through the wireless link, to the apartment building, through a wired Internet connection, across the Internet, and into a 3Com box in a house in North Vancouver, about 12 km away, which is thenplugged into the regular phone network.
[Muniwireless.com] MuniWireless » Blog Archive » Hermosa Beach launches citywide Wi ...: If you happen to be in the neighborhood on August 11, stop by for the kick off between 16:00 and 18:00 at the beautiful 1935 Art Deco-style Hermosa Beach Community Center (710 Pier Avenue) with a reception following at Sangria Restaurant (68 Pier Avenue). Refreshments and food will be available to all attendees.
[News.bbc.co.uk] BBC NEWS | Technology | UK beach gets wireless web: There is growing interest in wireless technology, called wi-fi, which allows people to connect to the internet at broadband speeds without the need to plug in any cables.
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Posted at August 04, 2005 06:30 PM
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