http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/12/08/free-wi-fi-comes-to-philomath-oregon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-wi-fi-comes-to-philomath-oregon Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/12/08/free-wi-fi-comes-to-philomath-oregon/#comment-30593 Russell Senior Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:46:02 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6657#comment-30593 Carol, your use of the word "free" here is an odd choice. The english language is filled with perfectly good words that could have described that network, but to use "free" completely debases what "free" should mean. If the Philomath network is "free wifi", then I don't see why a network that provides a DHCP resolution without a credit card or a login shouldn't be labelled "free" as well. It amounts to about the same thing. There *are* free wifi networks. I'd be a lot happier if you reserved your use of "free" for those. Carol, your use of the word “free” here is an odd choice. The english language is filled with perfectly good words that could have described that network, but to use “free” completely debases what “free” should mean. If the Philomath network is “free wifi”, then I don’t see why a network that provides a DHCP resolution without a credit card or a login shouldn’t be labelled “free” as well. It amounts to about the same thing. There *are* free wifi networks. I’d be a lot happier if you reserved your use of “free” for those.

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