WiFi101 is a wireless network operated by Computers For Everyone, a non profit company in East Palo Alto. The staff and technicians at Computers for Everyone provided low cost and even free equipment and technical support to the community. The WiFi101 wireless network provides both a free and a paid service.
Users of the free service must get their own equipment and are "on their own" if they have technical problems. In addition, the free network is not encrypted nor is it as fast as the paid service.
Users of the paid service are provided with equipment and technical support by the staff of Computers For Everyone. In addition the paid network has encryption and is as much as 5 times faster than the free service.
Everyone using the WiFi101 service must agree to the Terms of Use. If you use the free service, you have to click on an agreement box every time your connect. If you are using the paid service, this action is not required and you will just connect to Internet.
The staff at Computers For Everyone provides:
Contact Computers For Everyone at 650-462-7266 for current pricing and other information. Or you can stop by and see them at 3723 Haven Avenue, Menlo Park, CA. Below is a map to the shop.
WiFi101 has the dual goal of providing affordable connection to the Internet to the community but also is a training laboratory for students leaning computer networking technology. We have received a grant from the California Emerging Technologic Fund for a program to train computer network technicians. As part of their on the job experience they will provide computer technical support for the community at a very nominal fee. The fee that is charged will enable us to pay the more advanced students as paid interns and will offset some of the costs of running the network.