[BRAH]

bootlegga bootlegga:

desertdude desertdude:

What a bunch of old farts the lot of you are. Whats wrong with free wifi at the park as it is you guys have the worst internet services in the western world. You should be happy at least this is a step in the right direction.

Google Wreck Beach (NSFW) and you'll understand my statement...

That's what Vancouver needs naked selfies posted on Instagram.

[desertdude]

westmanguy westmanguy:

Yah, I'm with the minority on this one. This is definitely a generational issue.

NEWSFLASH, anyone with a smart phone or internet stick in their laptop can get internet through the cellular networks! I can easily make my iPhone 5S a "hot spot" and then use my laptop off that as WiFi as long as I'm getting 3G/LTE service.

It can already happen. Most people go to parks/beaches for the outdoors for sure. But my mind goes to the 60h/week working parent professional, who likes to spend sometime with the kids but still has to be on call here and there. The City of Vancouver is trying to mould itself into a "Silicon Valley North" technology sector hub. There is already an explosion of small tech outfits here in the last few years with city council targeting them with tax breaks, etc. TED Talks just had its first conference in Vancouver after re-locating here last year.

Many cities already offer Wifi in popular parks. I think this is just a natural extent of the City's vision to appeal to the tech sector and be a world class city. A vast network of free Wifi hubs is very good for business and commerce. By no means are you going to see a huge influx of people bringing laptops and iPads to the beach. Those that do that are ALREADY doing so with their data plans/sticks.

There's a lot of faux outrage on this thread where its really just a natural extension of the city's vision and plans.

Correct, I get WiFi almost everyplace I go, some places its not free but I can log in using my telcom provider account details and be charged a nominal amount, so much so that I've never felt the need to get a data plan. The only place Im not connected is when I'm on the move, oh wait just last week we got free WiFi on public transport as well, so now its only if I'm travelling in my own car I'm not connected.

And I don't see it as a generational thing either almost everyone I know is connected 24/7 and on social media regularly. I think its more of an old fart set in their ways mind set rather than generational. Wonder how they manage to log on and post here in the first place or maybe no one has told them yet this is also part of the interwebz

P.S : Posted from my smartphone connected via WiFi

[ShepherdsDog]

desertdude desertdude:

westmanguy westmanguy:

Yah, I'm with the minority on this one. This is definitely a generational issue.

NEWSFLASH, anyone with a smart phone or internet stick in their laptop can get internet through the cellular networks! I can easily make my iPhone 5S a "hot spot" and then use my laptop off that as WiFi as long as I'm getting 3G/LTE service.

It can already happen. Most people go to parks/beaches for the outdoors for sure. But my mind goes to the 60h/week working parent professional, who likes to spend sometime with the kids but still has to be on call here and there. The City of Vancouver is trying to mould itself into a "Silicon Valley North" technology sector hub. There is already an explosion of small tech outfits here in the last few years with city council targeting them with tax breaks, etc. TED Talks just had its first conference in Vancouver after re-locating here last year.

Many cities already offer Wifi in popular parks. I think this is just a natural extent of the City's vision to appeal to the tech sector and be a world class city. A vast network of free Wifi hubs is very good for business and commerce. By no means are you going to see a huge influx of people bringing laptops and iPads to the beach. Those that do that are ALREADY doing so with their data plans/sticks.

There's a lot of faux outrage on this thread where its really just a natural extension of the city's vision and plans.

Correct, I get WiFi almost everyplace I go, some places its not free but I can log in using my telcom provider account details and be charged a nominal amount, so much so that I've never felt the need to get a data plan. The only place Im not connected is when I'm on the move, oh wait just last week we got free WiFi on public transport as well, so now its only if I'm travelling in my own car I'm not connected.

And I don't see it as a generational thing either almost everyone I know is connected 24/7 and on social media regularly. I think its more of an old fart set in their ways mind set rather than generational. Wonder how they manage to log on and post here in the first place or maybe no one has told them yet this is also part of the interwebz

P.S : Posted from my detonator smartphone connected via WiFi

in the spirit of all the love being shown today

[Hyack]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

desertdude desertdude:

What a bunch of old farts the lot of you are. Whats wrong with free wifi at the park as it is you guys have the worst internet services in the western world. You should be happy at least this is a step in the right direction.

What a bunch of young losers who can't go more than 5 minutes without facebooking, tweeting and anything else on the internet.

[herbie]

1980 the phone's in the kitchen and your raking the yard: oh well they'll call back if it's important.
2000:the phone's in the kitchen and your raking the yard: convenience of call display, you can call them when you're done
2014: it's ringing in my pocket - I HAVE TO answer right away...OMG OMG fumble fumble akk it's Joe texting about what a fabulous dump he's taking... I MUST immediately answer that I'm raking leaves...I better stop and have a textathon - the leaves will be here next fall...