(2003-03-12) McD Wifi

Today is when McDonald's starts its WiFi trial. It's run by Co Meta. A McDs close to me is one of the pilot locations! Will have to try it...

2:48pm - yeehah, it works! Here I am at 724Broadway/6thSt. Very cool. Though when you leave a McDs you smell like fries.... will post some pix later.

• not many power outlets around, but found one

• DNS is kinda slow - the browser typically rejects, then you have to try again and it works.

• C Net bandwidth tester says I'm gettin 391kb/sec, bandwidthplace says 362kbps.

• Trillian works, of course. Even downloaded a patch.

• Of course, got hit up for change from a damn nun. Get the Religious Cult people outta here... I bet they'd give the bum's rush to a Hare Krishna faster than to an old lady in a wimple. Yo, babe, let's see if you can fly!

3:43 - just got the 1-minute warning

But I should never be eating at McDs. I hope it pushes down the StarBucks pricing.