San Francisco - A Place Not Yet Wirelessly Connected!

You'll just have to "cruise" for DSL - Ha!

Man, I was in a red and yellow and green b&b where they didn't have breakfast meats, but they had wireless...you got to check these things before you book, Joanne...lol...

thanks for sharing.... won't go there now..

Joanne, I'm in Sausalito, literally just over the Golden Gate Bridge. I think we're going to go wireless before San Francisco and we only have 7500 people — well, maybe that makes it easier.

Sorry about the fog. It's summer - be much nicer the next four days. Remember, whatever climate you want in the Bay Area is only a 15 minute drive away.

Enjoy your stay.

Holy cats! That's downright primitive and unAmerican! Are you sure the town you're staying in isn't really called Bedrock?

*laughing* Our town just went wireless, and we only have 1,200 people.

Screw the computer. Enjoy San Francisco. (You wouldn't happen to be at the Oceanview Motel on Judah St., would you? I've stayed there. Decent location as far as getting around and includes parking. If that's the place, there's a coffee shop around the corner that might have wireless.)

Even better (view-wise) is the Sea Breeze Motel in Pacifica, south of San Francisco just off the Pacific Coast Highway. Kind of cheesy motel but the surroundings can't be beat. Not a far drive to a park-and-ride for transport into the city. Definitely no wireless or anything other amenities other than the fantastic location.

The worst is when you specifically ask about internet service at a hotel and they tell you they've got it but they don't. Dave's had to locate nearby coffee shops and camp out in front of them early in the morning to try and feed of their wireless when he has to monitor updates and releases over the weekend.

Hmm... I didn't know that. But again, we have a land connection here in Alameda that you're welcome to use. :-)

Few cities in California are wireless. Mountain View, down the peninsula from SF, is wireless, courtesy of Google who makes its home there. My own Santa Rosa has free wi-fi but only in the downtown area, about a two block radius. When you find free municipal wi-fi, it will be only in the downtown/business areas of cities. WHY? Because they can charge us an arm and a leg for it. I was in an Los Angeles suburb (L.A. does not have wi-fi) recently and had to pay $9.95 for one hour of wi-fi because it was imperative that I get online. And hotels charge for it...huge fee. The Marriott charged me $15 per day (I made an uproar and talked my way into free access because I threatened to move to the Hilton down the street). You will find free wi-fi at cheaper, family minded hotels and motels. When in SF, I stayed on Lombard, between the GG bridge and Van Ness for a relatively reasonable rate of $80/night...they had free wi-fi, free microwave, free cable, free parking, free in room coffee, etc. I also know that the Holiday Inn Express has free wi-fi in their rooms and they are hot over priced. They also have free breakfast and are very nice.

Last month, while in Los Angeles (Glendale to be exact) I sat in the parking lot of Whole Foods and got online via their free community wi-fi network. Free parking, 2 hour limit. Not ideal, but it worked.

Thanks for the tips. I thought everywhere was onto free wi-fi. I guess not!

Yes, Janna, I am at the Oceanview! Cheap rooms, close to the beach, and the coffee next door at the Java Beach is organic and tasty!

Did you get my email, Joanne?

Hah, this is cracking me up! I am imagining many of you hunkered down in cars atop hot and steamy asphalt trying to get wireless hookups! Joanne! Go to the beach, ride a cable car, forget about the computer! You are too funny.

Yup, got it Aniko, and Corina. I will call you later.

Madame Donna, I had things to post (not necessarily here!) regarding the dinner I had at a faboo restaurant last night. I guess it'll wait until I get home.

oh man. That's rotten luck!!!

Lol! I use the public library in Sf all the time! They have computers and if you have a laptop, you can get online for free! You mean, those cities that are going wireless, mean it is free? As in no charge? Like that dude said, no way, as they can charge an arm and a leg for it! We have a DSL connection in our east bay home, and a wireless connection between computers, but that still costs each month! Telephones should be free too, after all, it has been a long time since they were invented! And how about light bulbs, originally invented to never burn out? but no profit means no company wants to promote it! There are plenty of cafes offering wifi too. And if your cellphone had email and internet, it can be used in SF and Marin and the eastbay!

Oh, I didn't know you could tap the wireless at the library. My son used to let me on with his library card (or whatever, I don't log on), but only one person can be online at a time.

We have free wireless in Royal Oak (Oakland County will be completely wireless in another year). Yes, free, as in NO charge!