I’m moving to Amsterdam
: HotSpot Amsterdam just went up, promising to spread wi-fi access across the entire city at reasonable rates. [via EditorsWeblog]
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… or … if you don’t care to travel that far and could use southern california sun, you could move to hermosa beach:
http://wifihermosabeach.com/
it’s 100% free.
it’s not pervasive quite yet, but they’re reaching a good chunk of the homes. Most of the beach front around the pier is covered, as well as all of Pier ave that leads to the beach. Lots of nice social spots to sit-down, hang out, eat, and have a few drinks.
I’ve tried it :) it’s fun :) Shortly after it went live, I rambled about it on my blog.
I had a chat with a Dutch woman at a party over the weekend. She’s just returned to the USA from a sojourn in her homeland and was ecstatic about the long bike rides she took throughout Amsterdam with her 9 year old son.
Unless things have changed recently in New York, that’s something you can’t do without fear of being broadsided by some messenger who fancies himself the next Lance Armstrong.