Oct 16
PART 2: Building Wireless Ypsi
Wireless Ypsi has been an interesting project to work on for the past eight months. When Brian Robb and I started it in January 2008, we thought we might have 5 or 10 business hooked up and the ‘regulars’ that visit downtown Ypsilanti every week could surf the net. We sort of blew over that goal in the first week.
Oct 14
PART 1: Why Do Most Free Wireless Efforts Fail?
Why is Wireless Ypsi working and so many other community wireless efforts failing? I am asked this question on an almost daily basis.
Oct 10
8,187: More Wireless Ypsi Stuff
In what is becoming boring, but is still absolutely remarkable, Wireless Ypsi keeps getting larger and larger. A couple days ago we passed 8,000 users and currently sits around 8,200. The network keeps growing as more and more people partner with us. Since so much time has passed since we last updated all of the partners and all of the available locations, allow me to do that right now.
Sep 01
The Gilbert Residence Makes You Smarter
The Ann Arbor News unsuspectingly gave some more love to the Wireless Ypsi family yesterday when they ran an article about the computer program at the Gilbert Residence helping seniors “rewire their brains, and tune back into the world around them.”
Aug 29
Wireless Ypsi Makes Top 6 List
Wireless Ypsi has had over 6,200 different people sign on since January 2008. We have also transmitted over 2TB (terabytes) of data. And for the very first time, over 400 people used Wireless Ypsi in a single day.
According to Meraki Stats at InaFridge, Wireless Ypsi ranks as the sixth largest Meraki network in the world. Yippee!
Aug 24
Wireless Riverside Arts Center
Thanks to a generous donation from Mayor Paul Schreiber, Phase I of the Riverside Arts Center went online with Wireless Ypsi this past Saturday. The main interior of the building now has free, wireless access.