[CUWiN] Champaign's "free" wireless.

David Young dyoung at pobox.com
Sat Sep 15 15:42:03 CDT 2007


On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 07:55:50PM -0500, Tim Yardley wrote:
> David/Sasha;
> 
> You guys could have asked me and I would have just told you what the story
> is.  Anyway, the lowdown is Web traffic, ICMP, and DNS are what are allowed
> through, everything else is blocked.  400kbps/400kbps speed limits (unless
> that's changed since it was dropped in).
> 
> The coverage in comparison to what "bleads" out of the coffee shops is more
> than substantial.  When was the last time you sat in west side park and used
> wifi from a coffee shop?

Is there much demand for wireless Internet in West Side Park?  Is there
a public map of coverage?

Dave

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