Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar Gallaga
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 11:18 PM
Sure, the Austin Convention Center and nearby Downtown Hilton are obvious places to hop online during South by Southwest Interactive, but if you’re not close enough to get a signal and find yourself elsewhere downtown, here’s a few other places you can expect a good, strong stream of free Internet access (click map for larger image):
- Whole Foods Market, 525 N. Lamar Blvd.
- Austin Public Library, 1161 Angelina St.
- Jo’s Hot Coffee, 242 W. Second St.
- Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St.
- Freebirds, 515 S. Congress Ave.
- Jo’s Hot Coffee, 1300 S. Congress Ave.
(With assistance from this A-List blog item.)
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By Chip
March 12, 2009 11:46 AM | Link to this
Yeah, the Statesman facility is on the very edge of the coverage map, so I'd expect it's iffy there. One thing to keep in mind is that the network is run at pretty low power and generally doesn't penetrate buildings. So this may be more of interest to portable iPod Touch users waling the streets than it is laptop users sitting inside.
By Omar Gallaga
March 12, 2009 11:07 AM | Link to this
Chip - I never have luck getting on the mesh network, but that could just be me. Will give it another try next time I'm nearby. (Doesn't reach us at the Statesman).
By Chip
March 11, 2009 11:43 PM | Link to this
Don't forget the City of Austin wireless mesh network, available at many outdoor locations downtown. Here is the coverage map: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/help/mesh/currentsystem.htm