3. December 2007 by admin.

I found a wifi connection outside the CalTrain station Thursday evening while waiting on the #10 to NorthPoint. It was a FEEVA flavored connection with four strength bars glowing hot green I thought the news had FINALLY come to pass

Google offers S.F. Wi-Fi –                                               for free

Company’s bid is one of many in response to mayor’s call for universal online access

Verne Kopytoff, Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writers

Saturday, October 1, 2005

Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom’s effort to get all residents online whether they are at home, in a park or in a cafe.

The offer by the popular Mountain View search engine was one of more than a dozen competing bids received by the city before its deadline Friday. Officials will review the submissions and decide which, if any, of the candidates gets the green light to build the so called Wi-Fi service, which would be free or inexpensive for users.

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On further reflection,… I guess the commuters need the WiFi more than the citizens who are actually living in the heart of the City.

It turns out, two hours later, while waiting for the 9x into downtown… BLAM! - no WIFI. Cold, lonely waiting in the night for a bus outside the Wastewater treatment plant with no idea if or when it will show.

Oh well,… like Harold Brown says:

The main problem standing in the way of solving all of your problems is that the mayor of San Francisco could give a shit less about you. He’s there to front for the business interests of the group of billionaires who have trained him and supported and enriched him since his middle-teen years. You need a reform mayor and that means removing Gavin Newsom and replacing him with Ahimsa Sumchai. Or, Josh Wolf. Or, me.

Good For You, Citizen Harold Brown! Good For You, Good For Me.

CITYWIDE WiFi = Good for SF!

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