Sonic.net, an independent DSL ISP in California (map), has launched the San Francisco WiFi Project, to deliver free Wi-Fi to San Francisco residents.
Customers can buy a $40 Wi-Fi starter kit that includes a Meraki Mini, a WiFi repeater, with Sonic’s DSL service (from $29/month).
Network users will see a Google ad bar at the top of the browser, explains GigaOM. In the future the ad revenues generated by this ad bar will be split between those who choose to opt and place a wireless router on their connection, and will be credited against their broadband bill.
Perhaps San Francisco should explore beamed acoutic signals. Fast talkers could convert slow voice conversations into fast, multiplexed choruses, beamed to distant rooftops via using Hypersonic sound beams.
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