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[Rick Moen]

Quoting Hereon (hereon1@fastmail.us):

> Is the free access just near the outdoor tables?  Or, is there be free
> access in, say, the restaurants?  Did you try any other connections, like
> ssh or IRC?

I was there a few months ago for the BayLISA Board of Directors monthly
meeting, and Heather Stern was there with her (ObTopicality:) Debian
laptop.  I had only my PalmPilot and keyboard, so no wireless for me,
that evening.

Heather had no problem connecting to totally free-of-charge,
unrestricted, non-TMobile-based wireless service from her Linux laptop.  
We were at the outdoor tables, which is where the signs are indicating
public wireless access.  I have no idea what the range is.  Probably,
your own experience reflects having accidentally connected to the wrong
WAP (unless of course Santana Row has changed policies very recently).

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