Comments on: Portland’s ‘free’ Wi-Fi http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10446 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10446/comment-page-1#comment-130443 Reader's Write Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:08:17 +0000 #comment-130443 This article has things all confused and ass-backwards. Microsoft isn't moving-in with another Wi-Fi system. They're merely becoming a major advertiser on that advertiser-supported system. Secondly the last paragraph also misses the point. The city of Portland is NOT building a Wifi network itself although it's the 'sponsor' of it being built. It's MetroFi's network that is being backed by the city to the extent of allowing access and promising to be a major user of the system in return for MetroFi building (and designing, etc) the network. Mike P.S. - I live in metro Portland. This article has things all confused and ass-backwards. Microsoft isn’t moving-in with another Wi-Fi system. They’re merely becoming a major advertiser on that advertiser-supported system.

Secondly the last paragraph also misses the point. The city of Portland is NOT building a Wifi network itself although it’s the ’sponsor’ of it being built. It’s MetroFi’s network that is being backed by the city to the extent of allowing access and promising to be a major user of the system in return for MetroFi building (and designing, etc) the network.

Mike

P.S. – I live in metro Portland.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10446/comment-page-1#comment-130442 Reader's Write Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:06:44 +0000 #comment-130442 This article has things all confused and ass-backwards. Microsoft isn't moving-in with another Wi-Fi system. They're merely becoming a major advertiser on that advertiser-supported system. Secondly the last paragraph also misses the point. The city of Portland is NOT building a Wifi network itself although it's the 'sponsor' of it being built. It's MetroFi's network that is being backed by the city to the extent of allowing access and promising to be a major user of the system in return for MetroFi building (and designing, etc) the network. Mike P.S. - I live in metro Portland. This article has things all confused and ass-backwards. Microsoft isn’t moving-in with another Wi-Fi system. They’re merely becoming a major advertiser on that advertiser-supported system.

Secondly the last paragraph also misses the point. The city of Portland is NOT building a Wifi network itself although it’s the ’sponsor’ of it being built. It’s MetroFi’s network that is being backed by the city to the extent of allowing access and promising to be a major user of the system in return for MetroFi building (and designing, etc) the network.

Mike

P.S. – I live in metro Portland.

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