jake olsen

It’s time to hack some ubiquitous apps.

Today, MetroFi launched their 1 Mbit service in Portland. Premium non-advertising service is 2 Mbit and is $20 per month.

I logged into the network downtown from my phone. I only got to the login screen because I was driving, so I didn’t test the service yet. I could see the headline.

Free WIFI causes First Death in Portland

I didn’t know there was a local partnership with Microsoft, this should be interesting for local ads. I wonder if they’re doing WIFI router location based services?

Here’s an image of their router locations:

And these things are all over the streetlights:

Hell, even Om writes about it.

The PDC has the details on the project here.

–jake