Gigazad™ Networks Inc.

At Gigazad we've always believed that you want your free Internet access in convenient places, like laptop-friendly cafés and coffee shops. Many people questioned our strategy because of all the hype over the past two years about city-wide Wi-Fi deployments. But now it seems that municipal projects have run into problems, and the pundits are changing their tune.

Yesterday in Information Week's article "Municipal Wi-Fi: A Promise Unfulfilled?", Jeff Merran wrote:

But recently some big, heavily-touted muni Wi-Fi initiatives, most notably in Chicago and San Francisco, have been cancelled, having been felled by a number of problems. The consultants and analysts I spoke with agreed that local politicians, seeking voter support, latched onto the idea a few years ago and made commitments prematurely.

And he described his experience trying to use municipal Wi-Fi from a café:

I walked over to a coffee shop, ordered a latte, and powered up my PowerBook. No signal. He asked if another customer could connect. "Not right now," she said, "but sometimes if you sit right next to the window you can pull in a signal."

This article prompted lots of discussion on Slashdot, like this comment:

I don't know about any other cities, but in Portland, Oregon the municipal wifi was billed as a wonderful system that would provide everyone with free broadband. Well if you can log in to the system, you find all sorts of limitations - and something else - that there is a parallel pay Wifi system run by the same company.

Gigazad is committed to bringing free Wi-Fi everywhere YOU need it! Don't wait for your city to set up access for you. Let your favorite café or hotel know that Gigazad is the win-win solution for both customers and the businesses they visit!