Fla. rest stops to become Wi-Fi hot spots

dakkon2k · 07-30-2006

Rest stops to become Wi-Fi hot spots
Roadside welcome centers, rest stops and weigh stations along major Florida roads will be Internet stops in addition to pit stops under a transportation department plan.

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to install between 50 and 60 Wi-Fi hot spots at roadside facilities.

The free hot spots will be along major roads like I-95 and Florida's Turnpike.

Department officials are in talks with Austin-based Coach Connect, which provides a similar service in Oregon and Washington and at RV parks nationwide.

A department spokesman said the service will not cost the state or motorists anything and that the company will make its money off advertising.

Users will be kept to a 30-minute time limit.

You better surf that pr0n fast!
Those are pretty good numbers 50-60 of the states 83 rest-stops and 22 weigh stations.
Think MikeP was doing some wifi already @ a couple weigh stations.

streaker69 · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by dakkon2k

Rest stops to become Wi-Fi hot spots
Roadside welcome centers, rest stops and weigh stations along major Florida roads will be Internet stops in addition to pit stops under a transportation department plan.

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to install between 50 and 60 Wi-Fi hot spots at roadside facilities.

The free hot spots will be along major roads like I-95 and Florida's Turnpike.

Department officials are in talks with Austin-based Coach Connect, which provides a similar service in Oregon and Washington and at RV parks nationwide.

A department spokesman said the service will not cost the state or motorists anything and that the company will make its money off advertising.

Users will be kept to a 30-minute time limit.

You better surf that pr0n fast!
Those are pretty good numbers 50-60 of the states 83 rest-stops and 22 weigh stations.
Think MikeP was doing some wifi already @ a couple weigh stations.

So, after 30 minutes you change MAC's. Whoopity ding dong. I'm guessing that the designers of said network are counting upon the average person not knowing that can be done.

dakkon2k · 07-30-2006

I'm beting its simpler then that, but the MAC change would be the fastest.
IF they install wifi @ any of the 4 stops near me I'll play

Wonder what filters they will use?

streaker69 · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by dakkon2k

I'm beting its simpler then that, but the MAC change would be the fastest.
IF they install wifi @ any of the 4 stops near me I'll play

Wonder what filters they will use?

Go setup an Evil Twin and start screwing with the Tourons. Convert all images to Goatse or Tubgirl.

MikeP928 · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by dakkon2k

Rest stops to become Wi-Fi hot spots
Roadside welcome centers, rest stops and weigh stations along major Florida roads will be Internet stops in addition to pit stops under a transportation department plan.

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to install between 50 and 60 Wi-Fi hot spots at roadside facilities.

The free hot spots will be along major roads like I-95 and Florida's Turnpike.

Department officials are in talks with Austin-based Coach Connect, which provides a similar service in Oregon and Washington and at RV parks nationwide.

A department spokesman said the service will not cost the state or motorists anything and that the company will make its money off advertising.

Users will be kept to a 30-minute time limit.

You better surf that pr0n fast!
Those are pretty good numbers 50-60 of the states 83 rest-stops and 22 weigh stations.
Think MikeP was doing some wifi already @ a couple weigh stations.

We are doing wireless at Ag. Inspection Stations. The weigh stations are usually about a mile or so down the road. The truckers get out of one station and up to speed just in time to start gearing back down for the line into the next station. Your government and tax dollars at work.

I read the specs in the RFP and we decided to pass. FDOT wants someone to build a very tight network with several layers of redundancy, maintain it statewide wide with very tight response time contracts, squeeze out a little profit, and turn over most of the money to FDOT.

I'm not sure how everyone is going to make money and still give the service away. That is a hell of a lot of advertising in a 30 minute window. Especially when you either cut the car off and sit in a hot parking lot, or you run the car and a/c at $3 a gallon.

I see another boondogle that will quietly go away after everyone involved has lost their ass. I prefer working the projects that I can show a clear business case for, that help the state save my tax dollars. (And give me back a few of them.)

MikeP

dakkon2k · 07-30-2006

I can see something like this workin` at the turnpike plazas. Most are nice enough you wouldn't mind luggin the laptop in while you had a free OJ and watch tourons wonder aimlessly. Catch is make it $5.95 a day(24 hour period) `I`d be willing to pay that in pinch. A lot of Truck stops offer wifi and are respectable now

So not much fear of a lot lizard acosting you as you surf goatse or hottruckerbabes.com

brwrdrvr · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by dakkon2k

I can see something like this workin` at the turnpike plazas. Most are nice enough you wouldn't mind luggin the laptop in while you had a free OJ and watch tourons wonder aimlessly. Catch is make it $5.95 a day(24 hour period) `I`d be willing to pay that in pinch. A lot of Truck stops offer wifi and are respectable now

So not much fear of a lot lizard acosting you as you surf goatse or hottruckerbabes.com

Being the son of an Ex-trucker. I haven't heard that term in a long time. When I was about 11 years of age my father brought me on a trip during the summer. As he went into the bunk to get some rest and letting me stay up front to watch TV, he instructed me to jump in the sleeper if anyone knocked.

After about 20 minutes and him starting to snore really good, I heard a knock. Over the doghouse I went, landed on Dad's private parts as I rolled behind him. He jumped up in pain. I told him someone knocked and he looked out. What did he see? A lot Lizard asking if he wanted a date. As he held his pain in he told her no and to just go away.

Yep, That was my first encounter with a "Woman of the night" at 11 years of age. You know, it took a few months for me to get my father to explain what a Lot Lizard was after he kept telling that story to friends.

I figure you all would enjoy that story.

streaker69 · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by brwrdrvr

Yep, That was my first encounter with a "Woman of the night" at 11 years of age. You know, it took a few months for me to get my father to explain what a Lot Lizard was after he kept telling that story to friends.

I figure you all would enjoy that story.

...and your second encounter was on your 18th Birthday when Daddy took you out to learn the ways of the world?

brwrdrvr · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by streaker69

...and your second encounter was on your 18th Birthday when Daddy took you out to learn the ways of the world?

HAHHA

Actually it was years later.

goldfndr · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by brwrdrvr

HAHHA

Actually it was 7.5years later.

Fixed!

brwrdrvr · 07-30-2006

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Originally Posted by goldfndr

Fixed!

You been talking to some of my old buddies lately?

Airstreamer · 09-20-2006

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Originally Posted by dakkon2k

Rest stops to become Wi-Fi hot spots
Roadside welcome centers, rest stops and weigh stations along major Florida roads will be Internet stops in addition to pit stops under a transportation department plan.

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning to install between 50 and 60 Wi-Fi hot spots at roadside facilities.

The free hot spots will be along major roads like I-95 and Florida's Turnpike.

Department officials are in talks with Austin-based Coach Connect, which provides a similar service in Oregon and Washington and at RV parks nationwide.

A department spokesman said the service will not cost the state or motorists anything and that the company will make its money off advertising.

Users will be kept to a 30-minute time limit.

You better surf that pr0n fast!
Those are pretty good numbers 50-60 of the states 83 rest-stops and 22 weigh stations.
Think MikeP was doing some wifi already @ a couple weigh stations.

Looks like Wa DOT (we call it "whiz dot",) is going the rest area Wifi route as well.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/restareas/wifi.htm

The one I saw up between Bellingham and Mt. Vernon on I-5 had a Hughes.net link and a few omni antennas on the roof.

The price for going out to the "non free" sites looks a bit steep to me.

beakmyn · 09-20-2006

They had that in Texas, what a crock. You get a 169.254.x.x address oops

Starpoint · 09-20-2006

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Originally Posted by beakmyn

They had that in Texas, what a crock. You get a 169.254.x.x address oops

Where in Texas did we have the wifi rest stop?
I think we have em my state but honestly never been by any that had it.

The Others · 09-20-2006

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Originally Posted by Starpoint

Where in Texas did we have the wifi rest stop?
I think we have em my state but honestly never been by any that had it.

You never really can tell with Beakmyn, but was he trying to make a joke?

After all, 169.254.x.x is the Windows auto-assigned address for those without network connectivity.

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