Alan Reiter posts about an extension to the services of Austrian wISP metronet:
Reiter’s Wireless Data Web Log :
Why am I interested? Because I happen to be in Austria quite often, living in an apartment with no connectivity (not even a fixed-line phone, so it’s either WiFi or cell-phone roaming. I’ve used the metronet services before, and apart from the horrendous pricing, it’s very convenient. They have active hotspots at so many cafe in Vienna that there is pretty much always one within a few hundred meters in the center of the city. It’s broadband, and since I have yet to see anyone else use their service at the same time as me, there’s never any bandwidth issues. So apart from the fact that it’s ruinously expensive, I have few complaints.
And unfortunately there seem to be no NodeDB AP’s in the center of the city…
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det lyder da interessant. så, jeg får ingen båndbrede problemer. til gengæld har jeg problemer med at forstå din fagjargon i disse dage. forståeligt nok er du lidt nørdet her op til din konference. det er jeg også med mine sager. jeg tager til wien i morgen. om jeg roamer får vi at se. held og lykke med det hele.
19,98 Euro for 2 hours is a good price. In relation to other offers/countries you don´t have to use 2 hours at once but whenever you need it. In any case much cheaper and faster than GPRS and more comfortable than internet cafes.
hmmm, i’m using it daily here, so i can’t be all that dissatisfied with the price 😉
but when i think about the fact that i give away this kind of access for free in copenhagen….
i appreciate the fact that metronet is quite easy to find here, and their service is good, and just for the record, i’d never consider using gprs for anything except emergency e-mail 😉