Of course, you have to pay — from the China Post:
Taipei is now the world’s first large-scale wireless city, with wireless Internet access reaching up to 90 percent of its public spaces.WIFLY, a wireless service offered by Q-Ware Corp. under the commission of the Taipei City government, uses about 4,000 access points (APs) — by far the most comprehensive wireless service on the island. With the completion of the third phase of WIFLY’s setup, APs are now in place in many of the city’s suburban areas.
To ensure wide availability and high quality of the service, the city government has had the necessary equipment installed on all public facilities, such as street lamps, traffic signals, and public buildings.
As of this month, WIFLY is available in all MRT stations, city hospitals and public libraries, 826 7-11 convenience stores, 71 Starbucks coffee shops and major business districts like south of Minchuan East Road and Roosevelt Road, and west of Keelung Road and Tayiu Road, among others.
To access WIFLY, users may either sign up with the service or buy minutes, which are available for purchase at Starbucks, IS Coffee and the Taipei Arena. After subscribing to WIFLY, users will have a unique ID and password that allows them to access their service.
Here’s hoping that Google will make San Francisco into the first free wireless accessible city in the entire world.
[tags]Taiwan, wireless, technology, internet, Taipei, WIFLY[/tags]
