Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network 144
itwbennett writes "Google launched its Mountain View, CA public public Wi-Fi network in August 2006. It was one of the first public wireless Internet services in the U.S. and was intended to provide free service across the city. But in 2012, one year after Google signed a 5-year agreement to continue the service, it started a slow decline to the point of being unusable. 'We started noticing it in very large files, things like operating system updates, but now it's on files as small as 500 kilobytes,' said Rajiv Bhushan, chief scientist of pharmaceutical startup Livionex and a long-time user of the network. A recent test by IDG News Service resulted in a total failure to get a working Internet connection at a dozen sites around Mountain View, including in the city's main downtown area and directly in front of Google's headquarters." I've had disappointing results trying to connect to several other public wireless nets around the U.S., both privately sponsored and municipal. Do you know of any that work especially well?
The solution (Score:5, Funny)
Just unplug it and plug it back in again.
Re:The solution (Score:4, Funny)
No no no, they are holding it wrong!
"Bad Connections Dog" (Score:5, Funny)
Re: "Bad Connections Dog" (Score:4, Funny)
not to worry, its bark is worse than its byte.
Re: "Bad Connections Dog" (Score:4, Funny)
What is a bad connections dog? (Score:2, Funny)
And what's so bad about it googling the Mountain View Wi-Fi Network?
Re:What is a bad connections dog? (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe it's sort of like a Fail Whale [yiyinglu.com]?