Wireless Ypsi moves into downtown Ann Arbor
Telecommuters all over the land, or at least the Ypsi/Ann Arbor area, will have free wi-fi access in downtown parks, restaurants and those coffee shops that haven’t entered the 21st Century. Ypsi Wireless, a community wireless system, though still very limited to business districts and high density areas, now offers its free service in Ann Arbor’s downtown.Excerpt: “We want to see how big we can make the network … with thousands of people using it every day and doing it cooperatively,” said Steve Pierce, who co-founded Wireless Ypsi with Ypsilanti City Council member Brian Robb. Pierce owns Internet consulting and Web services business HDL, which manages the Wireless Ypsi system. Wireless Ypsi launched in January 2008 as a way to provide free wireless Internet access mainly around downtown Ypsilanti. The system uses San Francisco-based Meraki Network’s hardware.Read the entire article here.
Telecommuters all over the land, or at least the Ypsi/Ann Arbor area, will have free wi-fi access in downtown parks, restaurants and those coffee shops that haven’t entered the 21st Century. Ypsi Wireless, a community wireless system, though still very limited to business districts and high density areas, now offers its free service in Ann Arbor’s downtown.
Excerpt:
“We want to see how big we can make the network … with thousands of people using it every day and doing it cooperatively,” said Steve Pierce, who co-founded Wireless Ypsi with Ypsilanti City Council member Brian Robb.
Pierce owns Internet consulting and Web services business HDL, which manages the Wireless Ypsi system.
Wireless Ypsi launched in January 2008 as a way to provide free wireless Internet access mainly around downtown Ypsilanti. The system uses San Francisco-based Meraki Network’s hardware.
Read the entire article here.
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