The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Brann's Steakhouse & Grille have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Cafe 24/7 have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Ruby Watson have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Biggby's on Cascade have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Nite Cap Bar & Grill have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Schuler Books & Music have been updated. Find out more at:
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Wilderness Expressions have been updated. Find out more at:
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Lance said regarding Cafe 24/7...
This place sucks now!! Used to be decent prices when it was called Noshville, now its "cafe 24/7" and the prices are ungodly!! 5.20 for a 16 oz latte that wasn't on their "specialty" menu. ridiculous! Never going back!!
Lance said regarding Cafe 24/7...
This place sucks now!! Used to be decent prices when it was called Noshville, now its "cafe 24/7" and the prices are ungodly!! 5.20 for a 16 oz latte that wasn't on their "specialty" menu. ridiculous! Never going back!!
Jared said regarding Cafe 24/7...
Noshville as it once was, has been transformed into a price-gouging sub-par impractical cofee joint. There are new owners and the name has been changed into the lifeless "Cafe 24/7." They have jacked up their prices on all their coffee sizes by a dollar. This means if you order a 16 oz latte from their menu, it's $4.20 (not including a tip.) If you order your own concoction (I asked for a simple white choc peppermint), it cost me $5.20, not including tip. The coffee is decent but NO coffee would ever be wrth that financially-crippling bullcrap. Oh yeah, they have decided to take away the public bathroom too according to their sign at the door which lists a series of restrictins and demands on their tyeasures customers. Parents, dont even think of going there with a litle kiddie for a relaxing lunch break, you have to buy something for them too. Cafe 24/7 sucks! Our treasured Noshville has been destroyed.
Jessie Castaneda said regarding Burger King - Pearl Street...
I drove thru here tonight and was not given our three fries, I had to drive back thru and wait 20 minutes and argue with staff to get my food I was never served! This was the worst customer service I have ever experienced I will never go back to BK again! I even had my receipt! I drove thru on 11/15/09 at 2:30am at the Pearl st BK in Grand Rapids!!!
Jessie Castaneda said regarding Burger King - Pearl Street...
I drove thru here tonight and was not given our three fries, I had to drive back thru and wait 20 minutes and argue with staff to get my food I was never served! This was the worst customer service I have ever experienced I will never go back to BK again! I even had my receipt! I drove thru on 11/15/09 at 2:30am at the Pearl st BK in Grand Rapids!!!
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Ferris Coffee & Nut - Riverfront Cafe have been updated. Find out more at:
http://grwifi.net/locations/ferris-coffee-nut-riverfront-caf
The details of the WiFi hotspot at: Beaners in Cascade have been updated. Find out more at:
Popular downtown coffee shop Four Friends was forced to close last week. It will be sadly missed by many. For a personal insight into the history and closure of Four Friends, I'd highly recommend reading <a href="http://www.englishrules.com/archives/2008/the-end-of-four-friends.php">Karl Swedberg's blog entry "The End of Four Friends"</a>. Karl was one of the founders of Four Friends.
There's a story making the rounds about a man in Alaska who was arrested, apparently for sitting in a car outside a library using their wifi after hours. You can find the story in <a href=http://ap.alaskajournal.com/stories/state/ak/20070224/151748280.shtml">the Alaska Journal</a> and commentary at <a href="http://www.librarian.net/stax/1983">librarian.net</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/25/gamer-busted-for-borrowing-library-wifi-after-hours/">engadget.com</a>. The story raises questions about appropriate use of public wifi, how that is/should be policed, and the place of libraries in providing public wifi. Got any thoughts? Please do share!
The time has come for me to move on from Grand Rapids, and this June my wife and I will be packing up and moving (back) to the UK. So I'm looking for a willing individual or two to take over the task of keeping an eye on this site, and looking out for new locations that ought to be added, or existing hotspots needing updates. There's no financial compensation available (the site doesn't cover its hosting costs), but hopefully there's some satisfaction from helping out. And it's really very little work. Interested? Drop me a line at james@grwifi.net
A former Grand Rapids resident emailed to let us know about a surprising WiFi-related story making the news in the librarian world. <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6408151.html">A library director in New Mexico</a> resigned because she feared her health was at risk from WiFi-related radiation. But fear not, Grand Rapids WiFi users. There is <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061214-8421.html">no strong evidence</a> of any health risks from WiFi usage.
According to a number of reports, including <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-33/1164980779194210.xml&coll=6">this one at mlive.com</a>, Clearwire LLC who will this week be recommended as a provider for the City of Grand Rapids' wireless network intend to set up their network using the emerging "<a href="http://www.wimaxforum.org/home/">WiMax</a>" (802.16) standard rather than the normal WiFi currently available in the hotspots listed on this site. Most computers that currently have wifi support will need upgrades to be compatible with the system.
The Mayor's Wireless Broadband Advisory Committee have announced today that they will be making a formal recommendation that <a href="http://www.clearwire.com/">Clearwire LLC</a> of Kirkland, Washington be granted the contract to provide citywide wireless access for Grand Rapids. No information is yet available as to how long it will take to roll out the service.
Today saw another update to the software running this site. Over the past few months there have been very regular upgrades and today's change adds some fixes to the <a href="/submit/">submission system</a> and improved maps on the per-location page which give a much closer view of the area surrounding each hotspot. You can read more about how that's done <a href="http://jystewart.net/process/archives/2006/10/auto-center-and-zoom-with-ym4r/">over here</a>.
A new piece on <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005018.html">World Changing</a> today profiles <a href="http://www.green-wifi.org/">Green WiFi</a>, a project "committed to providing solar powered access to global information and educational resources for developing nation K-12 school children striving for knowledge in a digitally divided world." The project shows another dimension of the power of wireless technologies, an interesting insight for those who are enjoying the opportunities WiFi opens up for those of us in the 'developed' world.
<a href="http://en.fon.com">FON</a> is a new service aimed at making it easier to get online anywhere by making it simpler to share a wireless connection. By providing a central database of open networks, and hardware to make it easy for people to share their connection but protect their computers and data, they're helping communities provide their own always-on connections.
We are currently experiencing a problem with old comments posted on the site not showing up or appearing in the wrong place. We are working on it and hope to have it resolved very soon.