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WiFi in Minneapolis
June 15, 2007
Attention downtown Minneapolis denizens! Officially starting June 19, the streets will be awash in invisible data streams. Wireless Minneapolis has all the info you need. Help shape the regional community portals by attending a neighborhood meeting and/or taking an online survey.
Full video from the presenters:
City of Minneapolis wifi goals
Catherine Settanni talks about community portal needs
US Internet talks about how the wifi works and what you need
Watch this space for LIVE Minnesota Stories reports and experiments. Comment or email if you have any ideas for what we can do. Let's have fun with this.
Posted by Minnesota Stories on June 15, 2007 04:40 AM
Posted by: Peter Fleck at June 15, 2007 06:35 AM
Posted by: chuck olsen at June 15, 2007 09:48 AM
Just for comparison sake, here's comcast:
Download speed 6Mbps Uploadspeed 384Kbps
Monthly rate $42.95
Download speed 8Mbps Uploadspeed 768Kbps
Monthly rate $52.95
Posted by: taulpaul at June 15, 2007 12:17 PM
Was the guy at the Library chewing gum while he was talking? There's this really annoying snapping sound on the video.
Posted by: c.l. ball at June 19, 2007 05:52 PM
you know, i think he was.
Posted by: chuck olsen at June 20, 2007 01:05 PM
U.S. consumers typically pay more for slower internet speeds. In Japan the cost of an average connection with the speed of 26 mbps cost about $22, while the top speed generally available is 51 mbps at a cost of $0.06 per 100 kbps. In other words the Japanese have 8.5 times the speed at 1/12 of the cost.
For more interesting information regarding cost and high speed broadband deployment in the U.S., check out the "Speed Matters" campaign at http://www.speedmatters.org. While you're there, take the speed test.
Posted by: unityworks at June 20, 2007 08:33 PM
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