If you need broadband wi-fi at home or work or school … the library can help. Seattle Public Library unveiled SPL Hotspot today – a program through which you can check out a wi-fi hotspot and use it for up to three weeks. A grant from Google got the library system 150 of the mobile hotspots – you need your own computer to use them, but by midsummer, the system’s getting 75 hotspot-bundled laptops available for checkout too. Here’s how the program works.
THIS is how much the people of Seattle desperately need wifi
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I just placed a hold, within minutes of learning about this
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I’m already #267 in line for a total of 127
not even 24hrs since announcement
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now (12:40pm) 555 holds
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I’ve moved up to position 252 on 126 copies
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THANK YOU westseattleblog/TR for posting this right away yesterday, and especially with the direct SPL hotspot links, so I was able the get on the wait list
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any guess as to how long it will take for me to move up the list to actually get a hotspot wifi to use???
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and then, unless SPL buys a lot more, it will be for 3 weeks only; can’t renew with the wait list
Wow. What a great program! This could really help so many types of people. Way to go, Seattle Libraries!
status of SPL HotSpot wifi units as of 1pm on Wed, May 20
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Total Copies: 126
Available: 0
On Order: 1
Holds: 721
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and I have moved up from Position 252 yesterday, to Position 225 today, on 126 copies
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