Spokane HotZone

October 13, 2004 9:41 PM

The City That Cut the Cord. An interesting article from Time about the SpokaneHotZone.
posted by homunculus (9 comments total)

You're now connected to FREE Wi-Fi courtesy of the City of Spokane.

Wow, that's impressive reception.
posted by 4easypayments at 11:00 PM on October 13, 2004

Spokane is also a nice place if you want to build your own electric car.
posted by homunculus at 11:26 PM on October 13, 2004

That was interesting. This is the first I had heard of this phase array wifi transmitter. It does seem unreasonable cheap too. It would be great if more places did this. Think Boston Common or NYC Central Park. Or small town America just overlaid with one of these.

You can get a Vivato transmitter for under $10,000, plus maintenance and bandwidth costs.

Is that it? I wonder what the maintenance charge is.
posted by a3matrix at 5:19 AM on October 14, 2004

It is really a shame that this thread appears to have been overlooked while everyone jumps on the Bush is dumb bandwagon again.

Great post homunculus. Thanks
posted by a3matrix at 8:53 AM on October 14, 2004

Hmmm, a3matrix - I wonder what kind of permit you have to get to run one of those. $10k really isn't that much, in the grand scheme of things, and I can think of a few places on Capitol Hill suitable for mounting one...
posted by Mars Saxman at 9:09 AM on October 14, 2004

Spokane is a great place. I lived there for 15 months about a decade ago and I still miss the place.
posted by bz at 9:45 AM on October 14, 2004

How are the winters there?
posted by homunculus at 11:41 AM on October 14, 2004

How are the winters there?

How are the jobs there?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:45 AM on October 14, 2004

I work in Spokane quite often and I've taken frequently advantage of the hot-zone. I hope more cities follow suit.
posted by Tenuki at 3:38 PM on October 14, 2004