> Nice that out there in California you have all these options. Most of us
> in rural areas in the east don't have a signal of any sort within 20
> miles, and most of them are motels that are hardly free access points to
> non-customers. As far as I know, no New York Thruway rest areas are
> currently offering free wifi.
Hi Julian,
Santa Cruz is similar in size and feel to Ithaca, NY. I'll bet the WiFi
situation in Ithaca is similar to that in Santa Cruz. OK, here is a link to
about 80 free WiFi hot spots in Ithaca.
By the way, only port 80 and the DHCP port are available free. You have to pay
for other access.
But out in the area between the finger lakes -- uh... Do you even have TV
signal? No, but seriously, I doubt you have that much pay-WiFi, either.
Personally, I'd bring a WiFi laptop to a cafe in town to do serious downloads.
My sister, who is a few miles outside of Santa Cruz, in an area too rural to
have electricity, uses a microwave network to get her broadband. (She uses
solar cells and a mast to make her own electricity.)
Neil
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