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Wi-Fi rollout in Portland

The city-wide Wi-Fi network in Portland, Oregon, kicked off this week with the first set of wireless access nodes coming online. The service is being rolled out by MetroFi. They have posted a map showing the wireless access nodes currently online in Portland. CIO Tech Informer has posted an article about the rollout. Access is free (1MB down and 256kb up) but web pages will be proxied and include ads on the top of each rendered page. An ad-free version of the service is available for a subscription, along with faster access plans.

I do not currently have coverage at my office or home. I am going to try the service in the next few days from one of the coverage areas.

Just wondering if you were going to update us on how this rollout of the wi-fi network worked out. In the Dallas - Fort Worth area we do not have any wi-fi networks yet so I am just curious how this is working out. I have read several articles in magazines like Network Computing and Information Week and I am just curious to see how the network access works and how the actual speeds of the networks are working out. Thanks.