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RI wants WiFi

Counterfit

Counterfit

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RI might become the first state completely covered by a wireless network.
Linky-poo.
I say "Bring it on!" I'd pay $20/month to get wireless service anywhere, because I know it'll take a few years for it to be all over my school. (Stupid ****ing RIC.)
 
Counterfit said:
RI might become the first state completely covered by a wireless network.
Linky-poo.
I say "Bring it on!" I'd pay $20/month to get wireless service anywhere, because I know it'll take a few years for it to be all over my school. (Stupid ****ing RIC.)
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Portland is talking to wireless ISPs to get a free cloud of wireless over the entire city. Not sure where the money is going to come from (we have a $500million budget shortage) but I am excited!
 
bousozoku said:
It takes less time to get through Rhode Island. 😀
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It seems you've never driven through Providence at rush hour, or the 295/95 merge...
How many WAPs will they need? 10? 20?
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Well, since it'll be a mix of WiFi and WiMAX, 20 would probably be in the low end. I hope someone releases a WiMAX PCCard for Macs.
Felldownthewell said:
We're....uhhh...closer to the Pacific!
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You say that like it's a good thing. 🙄
 
Wow. That would be so cool.
I would be cooler if it was free though...
But nothing is perfect.
If they do, SIGN ME UP!
 
Go Rhody!

That is pretty cool, if it works well.
Not sure how Cox will handle it, but it would help my family and my in-laws.
 
jayb2000 said:
That is pretty cool, if it works well.
Not sure how Cox will handle it, but it would help my family and my in-laws.
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Yeah! Cox suxx!!!!1!!!!1
Take that you corporate bas***ds! 😱
 
Unorthodox said:
Yeah! Cox suxx!!!!1!!!!1
Take that you corporate bas***ds! 😱
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i have cox cable here in socal not sure if they are the same company but i have never really have any complaints...

anyways... "LUCKY!"
 
I hope this succeeds and gets done in more and more places....

In the mean time, if T-Mobile could extend its coverage so that my cell works in the hospital complex, I'd be happy as a duck. 😉
 
Unorthodox said:
Yeah! Cox suxx!!!!1!!!!1
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Actually, Cox is pretty darn good in RI. They matched speeds/prices with Verizon's FiOS, and they actually provide broadband service to my neighborhood. I'm not even out in the sticks!
 
Counterfit said:
Actually, Cox is pretty darn good in RI. They matched speeds/prices with Verizon's FiOS, and they actually provide broadband service to my neighborhood. I'm not even out in the sticks!
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I guess I had a different experience.
When I decided to get cable, Cox was the only option.
They wanted $2100 to install it!
So I decided to suffer with dial-up....
Good thing to!
Because Verizon offered to instal their FiOS service for FREE. Yippee!
So now I get faster internet, (all the people I know who have Cox never get the advertised speed) for only $35 per month. Cox wanted $50 a month plus $2100 for instillation.
 
Unorthodox said:
I guess I had a different experience.
When I decided to get cable, Cox was the only option.
They wanted $2100 to install it!
So I decided to suffer with dial-up....
Good thing to!
Because Verizon offered to instal their FiOS service for FREE. Yippee!
So now I get faster internet, (all the people I know who have Cox never get the advertised speed) for only $35 per month. Cox wanted $50 a month plus $2100 for instillation.
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$2100?! Where do you live? The middle of nowhere?? Was your installation going to be that complex??
 
That is the most expensive install I've ever heard of. I think our install was either $50 or $100, which was running cable from outside the house to just inside my brother's (former) room, and also from the basement, through the garage, to my parents room.
Also, I get advertised upload speeds, but I rarely get a server that will give me 5mb/s (yes I know that's megabits) for downloads.
 
Counterfit said:
It seems you've never driven through Providence at rush hour, or the 295/95 merge...
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Seriously.

Or the 6/10 connector as it merges to 95 at like, any time of day. Or the freaking 95/195 merge.

Providence traffic is like so the 14th worst in the country.
 
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