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[ # ] WiFi Strikes the Cooper Neighborhood of Minneapolis
July 11th, 2007 under Minneapolis, WiFi


I noticed the antennas were being installed on Tuesday morning on 46th Ave S while I was on the way to work. Now I see a signal on the home front:

US Internet WiFi in Cooper Neighborhood


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    [ # 2324 ] Comment from Aaron [July 11, 2007, 1:01 am]

    As for WiFi in Minneapolis, I prefer Banananame as it’s stronger and more secure.

    [ # 2326 ] Comment from Moe [July 11, 2007, 10:07 am]

    Are you guys going to use the city wireless? I want to try it, but I’m not sure if I really need it, since I don’t think I’d use it to replace my home line.

    If I can use the Mpls service at my parents place in Richfield, then that might make me sign up.

    [ # 2327 ] Comment from kohler [July 11, 2007, 10:42 am]

    I’ll probably stick with Comcast. I have more faith in a wire reaching my home with fast and reliable Internet access over WiFi. I can’t imagine their is much redundancy in the mesh at this point, so if one antenna went down I’d probably be screwed.

    [ # 2330 ] Comment from Joe Caldwell [July 11, 2007, 4:16 pm]

    The connection to your home once the network is up and running should be very fast, and will be completely redundant

    [ # 2333 ] Comment from Nathan [July 12, 2007, 6:34 am]

    I see you have your home system security enabled so that your neighbors can’t share. I would have expected you to open up the WiFi so that all could enjoy your excess bandwidth!

    [ # 2342 ] Comment from kohler [July 13, 2007, 4:26 pm]

    Good point, Nathan. I secured it as an experiment to find out if it made a difference in performance. However, I don’t think my neighbors are technical enough to poach WiFi, so it hasn’t helped. If you’re in the neighborhood, the password is “thedeets”

    Joe, here is what concerns me. I imagine the WiFi I’m picking up at my house is primarily from an antenna at 32nd St E & 46th Ave S. If that particular antenna was to go down, would I be offline, seeing slower performance, or what?

    [ # 4586 ] Comment from kenny [February 8, 2008, 10:12 am]

    i heard from a friend that MPLS wireless would be hitting the stevens community the beginning of february. i live just a block from the franklin/nicollete and have no signal yet. can anyone offer any news on the progress? i’ve tried to find maps and information, but according to these i should already have a signal!?

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