Wireless

Wireless

by Carlo Longino




The Real Reason Your Town Needs Muni WiFi: Donuts

from the thank-you-drive-through dept

Police in a town in New Hampshire have to shut off their in-car computers' wireless modems when they hit the local Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru because they interfere with the restaurant's computers -- giving them a reason, along with the current networks' slow speed and spotty coverage to push the city there for an upgrade. Forget things like inadequate service from incumbent providers or helping attract business investment. The ability to get donuts easily and expeditiously is all you need.

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  1. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:01am

    Donuts

    by Jason

    I'm hungry now...

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  2. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:06am

    the best

    by Andrew

    what better reason is there?

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  3. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:19am

    stay tuned

    by eric

    I donut think we've heard the last of this

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  4. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:32am

    Re: stay tuned

    by pseudonym

    *glazed look*

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  5. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:36am

    Re: stay tuned

    by eric

    I think there's a hole in your argument

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  6. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:46am

    Hmmm

    by googly_eyes

    Who raised the issue to begin with?

    It's gonna cost them some serious dough to upgrade.

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  7. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:52am

    Re: Hmmm

    by Carlo

    What, I get slammed for my puns last Friday and now you all can't help yourself? Sheesh :)

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  8. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 11:20am

    Doooonuts

    by Cothrom

    The Plain! The Plain!

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  9. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 11:53am

    Re: Hmmm

    by eric

    dozen bother me...now thank goodness the donuts weren't rolling

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  10. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 12:10pm

    No Subject Given

    by A Funny Guy / The Poison Pen

    I think i'm just gonna keep my opinions to myself on this situation.

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  11. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 12:35pm

    Mmm... Donuts...

    Cops without donuts is like the internet without nerds, it just doesn't work. And that's a problem. So of course they're going to use this as an excuse. I donut/i< see a problem with this thinking

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  12. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 1:07pm

    No Subject Given

    That's hilarious. The employees fry donuts, and the cops fry connections.

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  13. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 1:57pm

    Re: stay tuned

    doh!

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  14. Jan 20th, 2006 @ 2:01pm

    Re: No Subject Given

    by homer

    mmmmmmmmmdoughnuts

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  15. Jan 21st, 2006 @ 7:06pm

    Re: Hmmm

    by Anonymous of Course

    I don't think we've heard the hole story.
    Those MDT units cost a lot of dough and
    they're not wifi.

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  16. Sep 8th, 2008 @ 7:11pm

    biology

    by Ronald

    cancer is dangerous thing in our country because it can cause death.

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  17. Sep 8th, 2008 @ 7:11pm

    biology

    by Ronald

    cancer is dangerous thing in our country because it can cause death.

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