Sunday 31 May 2009

20090531 in taipei

an ju st, wo long st.,mu xin rd., muzha

short residential buildings with many restaurants

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Saturday 30 May 2009

20090530 in taipei

fude st, yucheng park,songshan rd, zhongxiao e rd.

I have collected 905 aps in two hours by ipod touch today and this area consists many four-floor apartments. This number is far over others and the second highes record is around 500 aps with many eight-floor buildings and it was also in Taipei. Until now, the highest and the second highest number of Wi-Fi AP are in residential area not in commercial area.



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Friday 29 May 2009

20090529 in taipei

nanjin e rd, zhongshan n rd, taipei fine arts museum, by motorcycle

banks, restaurents, hotels, main streets in taipei

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Thursday 28 May 2009

20090528 in taipei

wuxing st,sanxing st, zhuangjin rd.

readiential area, market, taipei medical university hospital

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Wednesday 27 May 2009

20090527 in taipei

taiyuan st. tacheng st., civil blvd., changan w rd.

this area consists of decoration shops, plastic shops, infamous-brand-fashion shops.

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Tuesday 26 May 2009

20090526 in taipei

the area surrounded by xinyi rd,ren ai rd,dun hua s rd.
ntu and gongguang

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Monday 25 May 2009

20090525 in taipei, keelung

taipei main station, keelung

keeling city goverment provide wifi service in govermental places, such as custom and harbour, but you need to apply an account.

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Sunday 24 May 2009

20090524 in taipei

ntu, nangang, ctv

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Saturday 23 May 2009

20090523 in taipei

eslitebook dunnan store, sogo department.

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Friday 22 May 2009

20090522 in taipei

nanjin e rd, sanmin rd., jiankang rd, national cheng chi university and nearby residential area.

wifly is popular but it is rare in nccu residential area.

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Thursday 21 May 2009

20090521 in taipei

the area surrounded by keelung rd, xinyi rd, guangfu s rd and renai rd., cts and the oppositional side of guangfu elementary school.

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Wednesday 20 May 2009

20090520 in taipei

the cross of xin yi rd and keelung rd., zhongxiao e rd and san min rd.

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Tuesday 19 May 2009

20090519 in taipei

kuangfu n rd., bade road, fuxing n rd., ren ai rd., chongqing s rd.,zhongxiao e rd., xinsheng s rd.

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Monday 18 May 2009

20090518 in hong kong

wan chai, sham sui po, tsing yi, taipei

today, come back to taiwan
sham sui po has many computer shops and bazaars
in tsing yi, most are residential areas.

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Sunday 17 May 2009

20090517 in hong kong

kowloon tong, hung hom, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, wan chai convention and exhibition centre.

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Saturday 16 May 2009

hong kong government wifi map

http://www.gov.hk/tc/theme/wifi/location/index.htm

20090516 in hong kong

sha tin new town plaza,sha tin market

in shan tin, like other local centre, they contruct footbridge to connect major shopping malls.

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Friday 15 May 2009

20090515 in hong kong

wan chai, tseung wan

many hotels, top-end restaurants and tradional market.
until now, I found even if there are many business buildings but also accompanied with traditional markets. every center has the similar composition.

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Thursday 14 May 2009

20090514 in hong kong

wan chai, kwun tong, ngau tau kok, kowloon bay

this area are composed of banks, restaurant, traditional market, high resiential building.

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Wednesday 13 May 2009

20090513 in hong kong

taikoo, jordan, wan chai

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Tuesday 12 May 2009

20090512 in hong kong

wan chai, bei foo, tin shui wei, tsim sha tsui, hung hom

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Monday 11 May 2009

20090511 in hong kong

wan chai, central,jordan, yau ma tei, mong kok, prince edward, sham shui po

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Sunday 10 May 2009

20090510 in hong kong

wan chai, tai po

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Saturday 9 May 2009

wifi boosts in uk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5230460.stm
Wi-fi boost plan for rural areas

Wi-fi access in coffee shops is increasingly common
Rural areas could benefit from proposals to boost the power of signals used in wi-fi networks.
Regulator Ofcom wants to deliver broadband access to parts of the UK with no high-speed internet.

James Saunders, chief marketing officer of wi-fi firm The Cloud, said the plans could bring broadband to rural areas for the first time.

Limitations on the strength of wi-fi signals make it expensive to deploy such networks outside of urban areas.

Mr Saunders said: "We welcome the consultation from Ofcom.

"We think it could provide great opportunities in rural areas that are currently without broadband. It makes it much more possible to put up a wireless network."

Boosting power

Boosting the power of wi-fi signals would dramatically reduce the cost of bringing wireless networks to rural areas because fewer transmitters would be needed.

In the States you can broadcast signals 10 times the power that you can in the UK and Europe

James Saunders, The Cloud


Q&A: Wi-fi explained

Ofcom is currently consulting on three proposals:


boosting the power of wireless signals in all parts of the UK

limiting that power increase to rural areas only

a balance of the first two plans incorporating a code of collaboration to minimise signal interference.
Many towns and cities in the UK now offer wi-fi access outside of the home at hotspots in cafes, pubs and libraries.

But there are no city-wide seamless networks - called mesh networks - that let people roam freely from hotspot to hotspot with uninterrupted internet access.

One of the obstacles is the cost of deploying wireless transmitters to establish such meshed networks.

Roll out

Cities in the US are beginning to roll out mesh networks, in part because demand is higher, but also because the country allows more powerful wireless signals.

Google is currently testing a mesh network in Mountain View, California, that will be free to users.

Selina Lo, chief executive of home wi-fi antenna firm Ruckus which is working with Google, said: "With lower power you have to use a lot more access points to form the network.

"A typical network will have hundreds or low thousands of access points. If you have power limits, these nodes have to be closer together and you need a lot more nodes."

Ruckus has developed a wi-fi antenna for the home to help customers connect to city networks.

Ms Lo said: "People running city networks know that the wi-fi in customers' home equipment is not powerful enough to do an outdoor long range connection.

'Bridge connection'

"Our device is designed to bridge that connection."

But there are fears that boosting the power of wi-fi signals in urban areas of the UK could lead to interference between devices.

"US hotspot operators are experiencing significant interference in this band," firms consulted by Ofcom reported.

"In the States you can broadcast signals 10 times the power that you can in the UK and Europe," said Mr Saunders.

"Metro wi-fi is more of a US phenomenon. In Europe because of power limitations metro wi-fi will follow more slowly," said Ms Lo.

The Cloud has recently deployed a city network in Manchester which covers 20 different streets of the centre.

Network access

But users cannot walk between the streets with uninterrupted network access as they could in mesh networks being deployed across the US.

Mr Saunders said The Cloud was committed to mesh networks in the future but said "a number of factors are needed to make mesh networks economical".

The company is currently working with the Corporation of London to deploy a mesh network in the City.

"We are building according to demand in the marketplace," he said.

20090509 in hong kong

sha tin,ma on shan, sai kung

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Friday 8 May 2009

20090508 in hong kong

wan chai ferry, hong hom, north point, fortress hill, tin hau.

pccw wifi aps are usually near bus stop

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Thursday 7 May 2009

20090507 in hong kong

wan chai hennesy road, tseung kwan o, heung tak, mong kok.

It is difficult to find pccw in tseung kwan o and only near market and market does not provide free gov wifi. ipod could search 35 wifi aps when bus drove on the highway that it is hard to believe so i guess it maybe caused by the machine problem.

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Wednesday 6 May 2009

20090506 in hong kong

chuk yuen, wong tai sin,kowloon walled city park,lok fuk.

government's market, parks and shopping centres provides free and open wifi
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Tuesday 5 May 2009

20090505 in hong kong

chai wan by bus, taikoo shin by mtr, querry bay by foot, causeway bay by tram

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Monday 4 May 2009

20090504 in hong kong

tsim sha shui, nathan road, jordan road, yau ma tei.

fashion store, including chanel, lv and gucci. and traditional market.

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Sunday 3 May 2009

20090503 in hong kong

wan chai, ngong ping, tian tan buddha status, kowloon.

in the tian tan buddha status market, there are many commercial wifi

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Saturday 2 May 2009

20090502 in hong kong

stanley,taipo center
stanley is a beach and there are many tourists.
taipo is a small but crowd commercial area.
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Friday 1 May 2009

20090501 in hong kong

wan chai lochkart road, immigration tower, tai po market, shatin shopping mall.
in green box karaoke, they provide 20 mins free wifi

hong kong gov traditonal markets provide goverment free wifi and the shopping malls provides wifi isp wifi. the public places can be distinguished by wifi provider.

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