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Google Negotiating Access to Lightpoles for Google WiFiThis is not SEO, but it is about Google and Google’s desire to “own” municipal WiFi. Google and Earthlink have a partnership for WiFi in San Francisco, and it seems Google is also, in addition to the partnership with Earthlink, asking for separate “real estate” rights on 1500 light poles in San Francisco. Light poles have power (obviously) and are maintained clear of trees and vegetation, and generally have a line-of-site view of their neighbor light poles. Remember when cell antennas showd up on top of water towers across the nation? Now Google wants to put WiFi repeaters (?) on light poles. I think Google Local has only just begun. Kimo Crossman posted this to Seattle Wireless, and also noted :
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November 22nd, 2006 at 6:06 am
[...] Since we’ve already established that Google isn’t giving the data to the CIA what’s would Google’s motivation be for promoting a republican agenda? The answer is two words user data. Google is currently negotiating putting up free wi-fi in San Francisco. However the details of what’s exactly being done are a bit fuzzy, and even the city official in charge of the plan doesn’t have good handle on the scope of the project. How does giving away free wifi in San Francisco tie in with Internet Porn and User Data? [...]