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I've been speaking with Jon from the Shadyside Inn, and he has done something that no other group in Pittsburgh has been able to do -- singlehandedly setup a WiFi network in Shadyside, which is also the first ever memorial wireless network. Most of the other implimentations that were attempted in the area have relied upon point-to-point links (Grok), expensive third-party hardware (Hobnob), community support (pghwireless), or a payment stream (Downtown WiFi).

More weirdness from Alaska, reported by boingboing. This time, someone was using a free wireless network provided by a library from his car, which got the laptop confiscated, and the man charged with theft of services. There's also a few links about other recent stories of misinformed authorities. Additionally, CNET has an article about WiFi Mooching and the Law, which does a good job of explaining about how the related (yet unrelated) laws work: Y

dorkbotpgh has been attracting a bit of attention in the local news recently (Trib, PopCity, Citypaper).

I just got a note via Chintu from Helium Networks about one of his new projects, Wireless Sensor Network Planet which is an on-line community for everyone who desires to learn, share (contribute) and grow their knowledge about the
wireless sensor networks.

I saw on bOINGbOING yesterday that
FON is giving away 10k wireless routers to Americans. FON is a Spanish company which seems to be using a similar technique to boingo or Sputnik, where users share their internet connections via wireless routers, provided by the company.

Looks like Pittsburgh finally activated the city-wide Wi-Fi network yesterday. Two hours for free per user per day.

Post Gazette: City Launches Downtown WiFi, offering two free hours of access daily

The PGHWireless website is back up and running, with a few changes and enhancements. We've upgraded the site from PHP-Nuke to Drupal, and completed migrating the users and articles over. As it is, it will take a while to put the links back in order, and produce a relevant theme (black and gold). I invite the community once again to post news, links, articles, and opinions on Pittsburgh's Wireless Community Website!