Startup brings free wifi to SF

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A California startup is relying on civic-minded volunteers in San Francisco to accomplish a goal that so far has eluded the city's government leaders: provide residents with wireless internet access that's free and dependable.

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I love this sort of thing. While Google and the city govt are mired in negotiations about how to give SF free wifi, a little startup just goes around them and does it.

Here's the link to the actual project: http://sf.meraki.net/

When your rent is 2000/month, is 20/month for DSL really such a stretch? Just asking.

If the goal is to provide internet access to people traveling in between their wifi-activated homes to their wifi-activated coffeeshops to their wifi-activated offices, well...

My rent (because I have a roommate and a studio) is $600 in SF. I also quit my job to do my startup so, personally, I am looking to penny-pinch here and there.

I also just checked my bill and I pay $45.95 for Comcast cable internet. I've had bad experiences with DSL in the past (both my own, and setting up other people's). But cable, I've found, always "just works".

a roommate and a studio

Ouch. Sorry.

well, roommate is also a girlfriend. and it's "pushing one bedroom" ... but yeah, it's a studio. :)

btw, meraki injects their own search box at the top of all html pages when you use their wifi. didn't see that mentioned anywhere in the article...

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