[wi-fi in the news]

NEW YORK — Hundreds of wireless networks that offer free high-speed Internet access are sprouting across the USA. They're in a park in Midtown Manhattan, a housing project in Boston, a movie house pub in Austin and along the waterfront in Portland, Ore.
[full story] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2002-11-18-bonus-hotspots_x.htm

[public w/wi-fi]

One thing, though, was very clear: The advent of Wi-Fi is about to change all of our lives in a major--and positive--way. I'll go further: Wi-Fi is one of those grassroots phenomena that will soon become as ubiquitous as the PC itself. The latest laptops have Wi-Fi antennas built into the lids, while the wireless access points, which send and receive the Wi-Fi signals, now cost less than $100.
[full story] http://news.com.com/2010-1071-954609.html?tag=fd_nc_1

[free wireless park]

Alberta Park [NE 19th & Ainsworth], Portland, Oregon
http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/view.php?nodeid=130
[image] http://www.parks.ci.portland.or.us/Parks/AlbrtaPk.htm

Glenfair Park, Portland, Oregon
http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/view.php?nodeid=262

Wortman Park, Portlan, Oregon
http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/view.php?nodeid=270

Don Park, Portland, Oregon
http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/view.php?nodeid=74
[image] http://klickitat.yi.org/images/nodedb.house.jpg

Irvington Pk, Portland, Oregon
http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/or/portland/view.php?nodeid=284
[image] http://www.parks.ci.portland.or.us/Parks/Irving.htm

[wi-fi fake park]

[image only] http://r4.ucdavis.edu/Infocenter/ucdrecycles/wood.jpg
[image only] http://campaigngraphics.com/images/yard.jpg
[image only] http://erl.chess.cornell.edu/LNS%20Yard%20images%20Jan02/Gate%20&%20yard%2010_Jan_02jpg.jpg
[image only] http://www.padmasambhava.org/pbc/projects/sarnath/yard.jpg