Going Wi-Fi

Bakersfieldians are about to get a whole lot geekier.  Well, maybe anyway.  A company has offered to give our city free wi-fi for everyone!   The deal hasn’t been finalized yet, but I don’t see any reason why it won’t be.  MetroFi has even offered to make lease payments for each light pole they use.  That’s money we can definitely use.

According to an article in the paper today, local companies offering similar services are not too worried about losing business.   That’s because MetroFi’s is planning on providing service at about 1 megabit per second.  Most high speed internet users are used to about 7 megabits per second.  One megabit does sound awfully slow.  

Even if it is free.