Wee-Fi: Delta Filters, Smart-Fi, Abandonment

Delta has mid-air reversal on filtering Web content: Delta said it wouldn’t filter its in-flight Internet system (not yet launched), but now says it will have a short list of inappropriate sites that no one would disagree were inappropriate. That might work. While filtering is impossible to enforce on a broad scale, choosing a small list of sites the airline feels are off limits, that might balance some basic interests.

Wi-Fi attraction for students: Nearly half of students surveyed would prefer Wi-Fi over beer at school. Three-quarters think Wi-Fi makes helps them get better grades. Take that, Lakehead University!

MetroFi antennas won’t fall like autumn leaves: Portland, Ore., must wait until April 2009 to declare MetroFi’s Wi-Fi nodes abandoned and take them down. While MetroFi gave the city a deposit, it will cost the Oregon metropolis $36,000 of its own cash to remove them, although the city’s wireless go-to guy says they’ll try to recover cash from MetroFi. To my knowledge, MetroFi has not filed for bankruptcy, even though the company no longer has working phone lines and hasn’t returned comments.

Metro Round-Up: No GO; Riverside, Calif., Proceeds; Illinois Bus-Fi
Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King
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Portland’s MetroFi Nodes Still Hanging on