We’re waiting with anticipation for the details to come out of Mayor Nutter’s press conference today (12PM ET) with regards to the future of WiFi Philly. According to the Philly Inquirer, a group of local investors are plotting to revive the network using an advertising-based model rather than subscription based. In this same article, we read the total subscriber count at 6,000 user (at $20 a month or less). I’m curious to see how this advertising based model pans out - will we be getting pop ups every few minutes with advertising? Will we be encourage to browse in a framed window?
Another update: we tried yesterday to log on to the network; we could join the network but it wouldn’t actually go anywhere. Today? We can join, sans password, and surf freely. Nice!
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