OMG! Will they PLEASE get citywide WiFi!!!

Amber Lamps · 04-08-2009, 11:29 AM

I just paid my Skype bill, which is $7.95 for 3 months of unlimited calls to the U.S.A. and Canada btw and I can't help but be pissed because the city council here has been promising city wide WiFi since I moved here! Man if they do that,I'll buy a $100 Skype WiFi phone (or use my PSP) and a cheap pre-paid phone and be done with it!!! Seriously,Skype is the shit!!!

tommymac · 04-08-2009, 11:32 AM

Optimum online is doing that on Long Island

Tom

Amber Lamps · 04-08-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

Optimum online is doing that on Long Island

Tom

Lucky fuck! I'm sure the mobile carriers are lobbying their asses off against it but someday..... the only one that is getting somewhat on the bandwagon is T-Mobile with their mobile/voip phones. If you are in a wireless environment,like your home,it uses WiFi. If you're out and about...mobile.

tommymac · 04-08-2009, 11:57 AM

the funny thing is they have a map of the covered areas, th ehouse were buying is leterally on the edge of their area, but if I go down to the park I would have signal. Were prolly going to be going with FIOS anyway.

Tom

Rsv1000R · 04-08-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Lucky fuck! I'm sure the mobile carriers are lobbying their asses off against it but someday..... the only one that is getting somewhat on the bandwagon is T-Mobile with their mobile/voip phones. If you are in a wireless environment,like your home,it uses WiFi. If you're out and about...mobile.

They talked about doing that with PCS 10 years ago, it isn't a matter of being able to do it, it's wanting to do it.

Amber Lamps · 04-08-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rsv1000R

They talked about doing that with PCS 10 years ago, it isn't a matter of being able to do it, it's wanting to do it.

Oh yea I'm sure lots of money is being spent NOT to do it!

njchopper87 · 04-08-2009, 12:32 PM

I didn't know you could make regular phone calls with skype. I thought you could just call skype numbers.. Maybe I'll go for this instead of fucking Magic Jack.. that shit is a real rip off.

Homeslice · 04-08-2009, 12:35 PM

Can you port your old number over to Skype so people can call you on it?

unknownroad · 04-08-2009, 12:40 PM

With tax revenues down from the recession, I wouldn't count on it any time soon! I actually thought most of the cheap wide-area Wi-Fi projects had shut down for being too unprofitable.

Anyway, I'm paying $600/month for a T1 line to my house because it was the only way to get reliable, low-latency broadband, so all y'all can just bite me

Amber Lamps · 04-08-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Can you port your old number over to Skype so people can call you on it?

Your home number? Hmmm...I don't know. I'll check but I don't think so.

04-08-2009, 11:29 AM	#1
Amber Lamps Moto GP Star Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,556	OMG! Will they PLEASE get citywide WiFi!!! I just paid my Skype bill, which is $7.95 for 3 months of unlimited calls to the U.S.A. and Canada btw and I can't help but be pissed because the city council here has been promising city wide WiFi since I moved here! Man if they do that,I'll buy a $100 Skype WiFi phone (or use my PSP) and a cheap pre-paid phone and be done with it!!! Seriously,Skype is the shit!!!

04-08-2009, 12:40 PM	#9
unknownroad Guys... where are we? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Moto: SV650 Interstate, CX500 rat-bobber, whatever else runs. Posts: 784	With tax revenues down from the recession, I wouldn't count on it any time soon! I actually thought most of the cheap wide-area Wi-Fi projects had shut down for being too unprofitable. Anyway, I'm paying $600/month for a T1 line to my house because it was the only way to get reliable, low-latency broadband, so all y'all can just bite me __________________ Considering Verizon Business service? Perhaps you'd like to consider a nice drain cleaner enema instead?

04-08-2009, 11:32 AM	#2
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	Optimum online is doing that on Long Island Tom

04-08-2009, 11:57 AM	#4
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	the funny thing is they have a map of the covered areas, th ehouse were buying is leterally on the edge of their area, but if I go down to the park I would have signal. Were prolly going to be going with FIOS anyway. Tom

04-08-2009, 12:35 PM	#8
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Can you port your old number over to Skype so people can call you on it?