A survey commissioned by Intel ranks America's most unwired cities. Six of the top 10 are on the West Coast (BoingBoing readers, I beg of you: no eastside/westside playa-hata flame wars in the QuickTopic discussion zones).
The Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash. area was the most unwired area, according to the survey. There are more than 3,700 hot spots in the United States spread out in cafes, airports, public parks and hotels… The survey was conducted to demonstrate that Wi-Fi technology and hot spots are not confined to labs or businesses.
"Some cities have a lot of them now," [survey conductor Bert] Sperling said. "Strong communities are bringing the technology to the people, and it demonstrates that Wi-Fi is easy enough to implement that grass roots efforts can go ahead to bring the power and freedom to the community."
The survey is based on the number of each city's public and commercially available hot spots, such as those found in hotels, airports and Starbucks, as well as cell phone coverage and Internet penetration.
Link to Intel survey results, Link to CNET story via MSNBC, Discuss
