Information Research Weblog

It seems that reports of Google planning to roll out free wi-fi services across the USA have been vastly exaggerated. Beta News reports that Google has no such plans, but has recently provided free wi-fi in its home town of Mountain View, California, in addition to the operation in San Francisco.

The same information appears in the Google Blog. There's also a map of the location of the wi-fi nodes - an illustration of how many are actually needed to provide coverage!