{"id":3381,"date":"2005-06-17T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2005-06-17T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/06\/17\/free-wi-fi-for-my-apartment\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T22:07:39","slug":"free-wi-fi-for-my-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/06\/17\/free-wi-fi-for-my-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Wi-Fi for my apartment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8092,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\\\/local\\\/224902_wifi19.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.seattlepi.com\\\/local\\\/224902_wifi19.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8093,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.seattlest.com\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/03\\\/08\\\/free_wifi_at_westlake_park_and_beyond.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090107135354\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.seattlest.com\\\/archives\\\/2005\\\/03\\\/08\\\/free_wifi_at_westlake_park_and_beyond.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 04:00:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 04:00:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Last month, the City of Seattle launched a program to bring <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/224902_wifi19.html\" title=\"Seattle launches test of free Wi-Fi service\">free Wi-Fi access<\/a> to several prominent areas around Seattle. The initial launch was in Columbia City and the University District, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlest.com\/archives\/2005\/03\/08\/free_wifi_at_westlake_park_and_beyond.php\" title=\"Seattlest: Free WiFi at Westlake Park and Beyond\">other parks planned to go online<\/a> include downtown&#8217;s Westlake, Victor Steinbrueck, Occidental, and Freeway parks.<\/p>\n<p>Progress is obviously being made, as today on my way home for lunch I saw a work crew installing one of the Wi-Fi antennas on a lamppost on the 8th Avenue bridge over Freeway Park. Now I&#8217;m starting to wonder if my building just might end up with free Wi-Fi access provided by the City of Seattle. Here&#8217;s a look at the local layout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/freewayparkwifi.jpg\" height=\"539\" width=\"424\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Freeway Park Wi-Fi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Freeway Park is (roughly) outlined in red. The antenna I saw being installed is marked in yellow (I&#8217;m sure there must be more scattered around the park), and my apartment building is outlined in green. Now, I don&#8217;t know quite how much coverage beyond the borders of Freeway Park the antennas will provide, but just eyeballing it, I&#8217;d say that there&#8217;s at least a chance that my building might be covered.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the downside is that none of my computers are Wi-Fi enabled, so it wouldn&#8217;t do <em>me<\/em> any good. Still, I have a few friends with iBooks that occasionally stop by, so this might be a good thing for them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DInformation Society%2526albumTerm=Hack%2526songTerm=Now That I Have You%26 partnerId%3D30\">Now That I Have You<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1= itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DInformation Society%26partnerId%3D30\">Information Society<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DInformation Society%2526albumTerm=Hack%26partnerId%3D30\">Hack<\/a><\/em> (1990, 5:03).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on my way home for lunch I saw a work crew installing one of the Wi-Fi antennas on a lamppost on the 8th Avenue bridge over Freeway Park. Now I&#8217;m starting to wonder if my building just might end up with free Wi-Fi access provided by the City of Seattle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2038],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}