A recent survey carried out by JiWire has placed two American cities - San Francisco and New York - in the top 10 global cities with hotspots. San Francisco currently has 801 hotspots, while New York has only 643. It's also rumored that S.F.'s City Council is planning to cover the entire city with free internet by the end of this year. Surely, a move which would make any net-dependent person jealous... Mainly us Romanians who only found out what a hotspot is, a couple of years ago. However, believe it or not, after roaming the city with my phone one day in search of hotspots, i was stunned to run over tones of personal unsecured wireless networks. What does that mean? Well, it means that people buy wireless routers at home to be able to chat on their laptops while taking a shower or while cooking, but it never occurs to them that there could be other people (such as the extremely happy next-door neighbor :D) who could also be using it for free. I found 6 "home hotspots" on my 200m long street alone! Which means that i can pretty much connect to wireless internet for free anywhere on my street thanks to people like my neighbors. Just imagine what you could find on boulevards with blocks of flats... 8-)
The rest of the top 10 is as follows:
Top 10 Cities
- Seoul--2,056
- Tokyo--1,802
- London--1,627
- Paris--895
- San Francisco--801
- Daegu--787
- New York--643
- Singapore--619
- Busan--617
- Hong Kong--605
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