Wireless Coming to Milwaukee Parks
Looks like free wireless Internet access is finally coming to metro Milwaukee parks! The city is setting up high-speed wireless networks in Pere Marquette Park and Cathedral Square Park, and both are expected to be operational by the end of June. All you’ll need is a computer with a wireless network card to use the services.
It’s pretty cool to see Milwaukee leading the way in free public Internet access like this, and I’m sure that once people get a taste of being able to do small amounts of work in a park on a warm summer day, the idea will spread to other parks and public places as well.
It will be interesting to see how many of the ‘look at me with my laptop doing work outside’ crowd will show up. You know the type, those people that always have to be ‘wired’, and think things like web-enabled showers, toasters, and cars have promise. While there’s a part of me that likes the idea of being able to use the Internet anywhere, another part of me likes the idea of not being connected to the Internet at all times, and simply enjoying what a park (for example) has to offer.
Milwaukee Wireless, Technology | Dan Cody | 
June 5, 2003 10:18 am
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