Thursday, September 20, 2007 , Updated
Dallas ranked 5th-best WiFi usage in the whole world
Dallas made No. 5 on the Top 5 list of "best cities for WiFi connectivity," according to a survey by a company named iPass.
The survey studied the number of WiFi sessions reported through WiFi hotspots such as airports, hotels, coffee shops, and other retail locations. London was No. 1, followed by New York, Chicago, Houston -- and THEN DALLAS!!!
That said, it has a lot nothing to do with DFW Airport, since it was the No. 2 top airport WiFi location (Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was No. 1), and since airports lead all other locations with 46 percent of worldwide WiFi sessions.
Posted by T.G.
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Scott Doyle, says:
Actually, <a href="http://www.ipass.com/pressroom/pressroom_wifi.html#top10_cities">according to the page</a>, it has nothing to do with DFW Airport. =p
<i>* Excludes airport and hotel usage</i>
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Pavel Lishin, says:
Is this data coming just from iPass? I can't really tell what they do, aside from "Unifying the Management of Remote and Mobile Connectivity and Devices". I just wonder if they're only counting hotspots they provide.
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Scott Doyle, says:
From same page:
"The report summarizes session* data collected from January 1 through June 30, 2007 and tracks usage data from hotspots within iPass' virtual global network, iPass plans to update the index every six months to allow the public to monitor the development of global Wi-Fi usage trends over time."
Pretty sure Seattle kicks our ass overall, btw. When I was up there seemed like every other building had WiFi.
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Teresa Gubbins, says:
scott doyle, thanks for pointing out the minor tiny teensy-weensy error in the story, tis fixed
but please don't spoil the magic of Dallas Being No. 5 in the world!!!
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Pavel Lishin, says:
Yeah, I read that part. But I have no idea how big "iPass' virtual global network" is, or what that really means. Do Starbucks T-Mobile connections count, for instance?
Also, I wonder if they took into the account people who leave their wireless open and unprotected.
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hotchr, says:
This report doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. Why don't they start looking at entire countries blanketed in Wi-Fi instead of just cities? If that's the case, Singapore kicks everyone's...
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Pavel Lishin, says:
I think that at that point, you'd probably want to divide coverage by square mileage, or the log of square mileage.
Although, I'm impressed by Google maps coverage of it.
<img src="http://i7.tinypic.com/52uo28l.jpg">
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