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Google celebrates its first year of WiFi
It's been a year since the folks at Google successfully knocked off WiFi in Mountain View California. Transmitting all those great 802.11 b/g signals to the grateful residents, businesses and visitors at absolutely no charge at all. They are still trucking along on the San Francisco wireless deal with EarthLink and the city to give all residents free connections to the internet, but who knows when that will all be resolved.Nevertheless, Google is on a mission to provide top notch WiFi networks, but what exactly does it take? Well, in Mountain View there are over 400 mesh routers that cover 12 square miles and 25,000 homes, with 15,000 unique users per month. Traffic over this free network has risen 10% every month and handles 300 gigabytes of data each day and 95% of the routers are being used every single day.
Here's to hoping that Google someday manages to blanket San Francisco, and a few other cities with WiFi.
| Los Angeles | |
|---|---|
| New York | |
| Miami | |
| Chicago | |
| London, UK | |
| New Orleans | |
| Denver | |
| Dallas | |
| Detroit | |
| Seattle | |
| Toronto | |
| Vancouver | |
| Bangalore, India | |
| Dublin, Ireland | |
| Mexico City |
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJohn FochtAug 27th 2007 10:23AM
RE: blog vote August 27, 2007
New Orleans? Are you serious? I love the city and her people, but you must be joking - given the long list of cities you have overlooked.
The options you gave include in order of size rank in the U.S.:
2 Los Angeles
1 New York
43 Miami
3 Chicago
__ London, UK
83 New Orleans
26 Denver
9 Dallas
11 Detroit
23 Seattle
__ Toronto
__ Vancouver
__ Bangalore, India
__ Dublin, Ireland
__ Mexico City
Domestically, how about Houston(4)? Or Phoenix(5), Philadelphia(6) or San Antonio(7)? What about San Diego(8), San Jose(10), or Jacksonville, Florida(12)?
I suggest that you redo your list; have one for U.S. cities, and one for foreign cities. And as a bare minimum, include the top 10 - by size - in each category. You can add others if you wish, but at least cover the top ten.
Here's a link for the U.S. list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_cities_in_the_US
Chris MorozAug 27th 2007 10:32AM
I voted for Bangalore. I figured if they're gonna take my job they might as well take my internet.
Chris GilmerAug 27th 2007 10:28AM
John Focht - Why should the list be focused on the largest cities in the US?
This list of 15 cities is a random look around the world. Included in this list are even some cities with large Google offices.
nicletAug 27th 2007 1:56PM
Montreal ;)
padiegAug 27th 2007 2:58PM
Buenos Aires :)
MysteriusAug 27th 2007 5:26PM
What, no "my hometown" option? :P
I voted for New York. It'll probably give Google the most attention, out of all the cities. Though I reckon it would be a real challenge to do.
asdfAug 28th 2007 12:32PM
google will soon own the world and make it all wireless
GIR-kunAug 27th 2007 10:04PM
I agree, Montreal should get some free internet. our internet plans suck here.
DeanAug 27th 2007 10:06PM
How about Sydney, Australia ?
A nice, flat, compactish city ;)
CameronAug 27th 2007 10:13PM
I would love to vote, but you see unless i can actaully vote for where i live, i just dont care!
Elliott CostAug 27th 2007 10:13PM
How about Hawaii!
random dudeAug 27th 2007 10:45PM
New York, Chicago and Vancouver make the most sense, with dense cores. Cities that are really spread out won't work as well.
James TorrenceAug 27th 2007 10:33PM
Um John, it's an informal poll meant to generate talking points. Citing it's fairness is absurd.
My vote is for Possum Creek, Tennessee.
Rein MasamuriAug 27th 2007 10:32PM
@Chris Gilmer
"2. John Focht - Why should the list be focused on the largest cities in the US?"
Because they're based in the U.S.: it would be easier and cheaper.
I'd love to see them branch out as a massive ISP internationally but I doubt they'd throw some up in Mountain View, then London, then Tokyo, then Cario.
Canada I can see being more possible, and Mexico might be a HUGE thing, but they're still working out the model and I doubt they'd expand internationally when they're just getting the feel of the U.S. climate.
Rafael MontanoAug 27th 2007 10:36PM
Google get San Diego on the Map!
JoeAug 28th 2007 12:02AM
Please bring it to New York I would love to be able to use my iPhone at Wi Fi speed in the city.
johnAug 27th 2007 10:47PM
no Boston in there?
would be easier to implement... just a thought
AndrewAug 27th 2007 11:10PM
I agree that Montreal would be a great location. Toronto already has Ontario Hydro building a wifi network in the downtown core...
samuelAug 27th 2007 11:40PM
Sydney, Australia.
It's the largest city in Australia, and definitely could do with a Google WiFi service.
Evan David LightAug 27th 2007 11:24PM
Washington, D.C.! Show those numbnuts in Congress some contemporary technoloy. The internet is "not just a big truck"! Run those "tubes" to Capital Hill!