PORTLAND AND REED COLLEGE MAKE THE LIST IN INTEL'S 2004 "MOST UNWIRED CITIES, COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND AIRPORTS" SURVEYS

This was embargoed till tomorrow, but ZDNET just leaked it ahead of time and
Intel has given me permission to print it here.

You will note that we (Portland) rank number one in FREE access in the USS,
that's the important one to win, and PDX won it in part to the efforts of
you, the good folk from PTP.


PORTLAND AND REED COLLEGE MAKE THE LIST IN INTEL'S 2004 "MOST UNWIRED
CITIES, COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND AIRPORTS" SURVEYS

HILLSBORO, OR, April 6, 2004 - Across the United States and around the
world, more and more people are wirelessly accessing the Internet to
communicate and share and enjoy information and entertainment. 

Intel's 2nd annual "Unwired" survey, conducted by Portland-based researcher,
Bert Sperling, ranks the top 100 U.S. cities and regions, U.S. college
campuses and international airports for the greatest wireless Internet
accessibility.

Free Hotspots: The Portland Metropolitan Area was found to hold the number
one ranking for public access areas (free hotspots). But the San Francisco
Bay Area (San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland) ranked #1 in total wireless
Internet accessibility, leapfrogging ahead of Portland, which ranked  #1 in
the 2003 survey.

College Campuses: Reed College of Portland came in 83rd of the top 100
unwired college campuses in the United States, the only Oregon campus to
break into the top tier.

Survey findings are based on the number of commercial and public wireless
access points (paid and free hotspots), local wireless networks, wireless
email devices and Internet penetration. The data was also calculated at the
per-capita level to determine how many people share hotspots within a given
city or region. The data was collected from a variety of industry sources.

The surveys reveal an increasing number of hotspot locations where people
can use wireless-enabled notebook PCs to access wireless fidelity networks
(Wi-Fi) without a traditional wired connection. Today, hotspots can be found
in airports, public parks, universities and hotels -- as well as in diverse
locations such as truck stops, RV parks and malls.
Intel's "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey ranks the top 100 schools for
wireless computing access. The survey reveals a growing number of schools
across the country where students have the freedom to wirelessly access the
Internet on notebook PCs - without a traditional wired connection - and stay
connected and informed whether they're in the dorm room, library or outdoors
at the campus quad.  

The college campuses survey findings are based on the number of hotspots,
the number of undergraduates, number of computers and the
computer-to-student ratio. The results were also based on the percentage of
each college campus which is covered by wireless technology. 

The unwired airports survey findings are based on the number of commercial
hotspot locations and the number of scheduled flights at each airport.
	
A look at the top cities and regions in America where it's possible to sit
back, relax and unwire:

Top 100 (1-50)

Rank	MSA	Rank	MSA
1	San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland, Calif. 	26	Houston, Texas
2	Orange County, Calif.	27	Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
3	Washington, D.C.	28	Detroit
4	Austin-San Marcos, Texas	29	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton,
Fla.
5	Portland Metropolitan Area (including Vancouver, WA)	30
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett-Tacoma, Wash.	31	Baltimore
7	Bergen-Passaic, N.J.	32	Hartford, Conn.
8	Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J.	33	Philadelphia
9	San Diego	34	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.
10	Denver	35	Wilmington, Del. - Newark, Md.
11	Chicago	36	Columbus, Ohio
12	Sacramento, Calif.	37	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
13	Honolulu	38	Omaha, Neb./Iowa
14	Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Calif.	39	Orlando, Fla.
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.	40	Ann Arbor, Mich.
16	Atlanta	41	Las Vegas
17	Boston	42	Kansas City, Mo./Kan.
18	Ventura, Calif.	43	Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
19	Monmouth-Ocean, N.J.	44	Albuquerque, N.M.
20	Colorado Springs, Colo.	45	Jacksonville, Fla.
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	46	Indianapolis
22	New Haven-Meriden, Conn.	47	Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wis.
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.	48	Riverside-San Bernardino,
Calif.
24	New York City-Nassau-Suffolk, NY - Newark, N.J.	49	San Antonio
25	Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah	50	St. Louis


Nigel Ballard
[email protected]
http://www.joejava.com

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