Comments on: MetroFi Dumping City Wi-Fi By End of June

By: averagejoe

averagejoe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:42:57 +0000

Did this ever really work? I have nothing but trouble with it when I’m downtown. It really can’t be that hard to have free wi-fi in the downtown area, can it?

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:58:04 +0000

I honestly can’t figure out why they put so much money to it in the first place. The connection was terrible, unreliable, and pretty scattered as far as location goes. It could have been amazing but it’s definitely a FAIL!

By: leander37

leander37 — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:46:55 +0000

I shelled out $99 for the booster in my home. I’ve gotten 4 or 5 months good use out of it, so I guess it was worth it. My experience with MetroFi has been OK, and I’ll hate paying for internet again. I may not – perhaps I’ll just visit a local cafe. Any chance the network could stay up and running (and lose the Sideguide!) Wishful thinking, I guess, but it seems that at least for the area where the units have been installed, the hard work has been done. How easy would it be for some entity to keep feeding even a slow connection through the existing nodes. It is not sufficient for streaming anything, but works great for email, zipcar reservations, and other basic internet services. I think it could be appreciated as such ~ it is just that many people expect to feel that "Internet," and "Youtube" are synonymous. In fact, i find that browsing without video capabilities keeps me focused.

By: ilearim

ilearim — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:48:26 +0000

This was a failure from Day One. I don’t think anyone is going to miss the inability of not being able to connect to them.

By: dsohigian

dsohigian — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:31:50 +0000

Will this lead to a resurgence in the Personal Telco project? It does seem like it stalled way back when MetroFi started installing...

By: tODD

tODD — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:57:21 +0000

I’m pretty certain that MetroFi’s shutting down their network will not cause any noticeable change in my ability to connect to it. How will I know when they turn off the switch?