First year of Google WiFi
By Minnie Ingersoll, Chris Sacca &
Larry Alder, Alternative Access Team
Our Mountain View WiFi network just celebrated its
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appreciate a few data points. The network's 400 mesh routers
cover about 12
square miles and 25,000 homes to serve approximately 15,000
unique users each week month. Since the beginning of
2007, traffic has grown almost 10 percent each month, and the
network now handles over 300 gigabytes of data each day, sent to
over 100 distinct types of WiFi devices. Virtually the entire city
has been taking advantage of the network, with 95 percent of the
mesh routers being used on any given day.
Around the globe and across the U. S., many people are still not
able to access the online services that are increasingly helpful,
if not essential, tools for our daily lives. This is why we're
committed to promoting alternative platforms for people to access
the web, no matter where you are, what you're doing or what
device you're using.
For those who have been following
effort to create a free wireless network in San Francisco, we
continue to hope that EarthLink and The City will find a way to
enable all San Franciscans to enjoy the free WiFi network they
deserve. On a broader scale, we hope that the success of the
Mountain View model will encourage others to think creatively about
how to address access issues in many other communities.
Update: Corrected usage
from "week" to "month."