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Re: CableWiFi SSID in Washington DC?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn Wilson)
Mon Aug 26 07:28:35 2013
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:28:09 -0400
From: Shawn Wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
To: Drew Linsalata <drew.linsalata@gmail.com>,
Alex Buie <alex.buie@frozenfeline.net>, Alex Buie <alex.buie@frozenfeline.net>
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There are indeed "FreePublicWiFi" nodes in some areas like Dupont Circle but it's not very convenient most of the time (signal strength or speed issues). IIRC there's a Commotion mesh around Columbia Heights which should be much faster. Personally, I just use a Mifi and never have any issues.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Buie <alex.buie@frozenfeline.net>
To: Drew Linsalata <drew.linsalata@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:12
Subject: Re: CableWiFi SSID in Washington DC?
I haven't tried it in DC, but I can confirm that my parents' XFINITY and
grandparents' OO logins both work on the CableWiFi SSIDs in San Francisco,
and friends in DC with XFINITY say theirs work there. I assume it will also
for you.
(cf
http://www.techspot.com/news/48684-five-us-cable-providers-join-forces-to-offer-50000-wireless-hotspots.html
)
-alex
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Drew Linsalata <drew.linsalata@gmail.com>wrote:
> What? Free? Public? How can I NOT connect to that? ;-)
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM, chris <tknchris@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why don't you try a rogue ad hoc FreePublicWifi ? :)
> >
> >
> >
>
