Waiting for Wi-Fi
Today’s Salon cover story, Waiting for Wi-Fi, is the result of over a month of research and reporting atop two years of tinkering with 802.11b and its kin myself.
Thanks to Cliff Skolnick for invaluable background help on the article, and for aiding my extracurricular attempt to get my home AirPort to reach Atlas Cafe. And special thanks to my editor, Andrew Leonard. He saw the real story hiding under my reporting, and helped me bring it to the top.
For more studious reading, I suggest Bjˆrn Thorngren’s recently published thesis: Public WLAN - The Interaction Between Venues and Wireless ISPs. As I learned, venues are a pivotal factor in the growth of wireless networks.