Richmond Free WiFi Blog

Imagine heading out to the Canal Walk or another Riverfront location, popping open your laptop and getting your daily Web business done wirelessly.

No Wi-Fi hot spot? Not a problem. In fact, imagine that the entire city of Richmond is the hot spot. Indoors and out. The cost? Absolutely free.

Mike Kulick of Richmond.com wrote a comprehensive article about RFW including our mission and goals as well as input from various regional community-involved citizens. We’re overwhelmed with the positive response we’ve received directly related to this article.

Mike successfully verbalized and articulated the essence of our project in a manner that captures the reader and makes them want to contact us for more info. (At least, that’s how we felt about it. Biased? Maybe! ).

Thanks, Mike, for the excellent plug.  We really appreciate it!

Thanks much to the hard workers over at the Sierra Club Falls of the James (SCFOJ) blog for mentioning RFW in a comprehensive entry that discusses green initiatives in Chicago.

We found the mention of the Center for Neighborhood Technology particularly interesting as it highlights specific projects involving integrating technology into neighborhoods. For example, with the beginning and continuous expansion of a regional wireless freenet, residents are able to access the Internet from anywhere there’s a nearby node. That type of access allows them to, theoretically, check out a “car share” calendar and place requests for time. In addition, citizens could monitor the real-time weather system which enables the control of water runoff and find out where the water is best being utilized to ensure green space is maintained.

CNT also had this little gem of a PDF file on their website:  Integrating Community Wireless Networks.

All kinds of ideas related to technology and how it can be best used to serve Richmond.

Looks like John over at Buttermilk & Molasses learned about our project which he mentioned on his blog. Thanks, John. We returned the gesture!

Exciting news! We were contacted by a reporter from Richmond.com for a possible article which would be published soon. Since none of the local media has yet written about Richmond Free WiFi, it’s extremely encouraging to be noticed. More to follow!