{"id":733,"date":"2005-02-03T07:19:20","date_gmt":"2005-02-03T12:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alevin.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2005-02-03T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2005-02-03T12:19:20","slug":"capitol-cafeteria-pretends-to-offer-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Cafeteria pretends to offer wireless"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Less Networks wireless hotspot at the Capitol Grill<\/a> is fabulous in concept, but the implementation is close to pointless.
\n“I’m sorry, you can’t use that power outlet. It’s a safety hazard.” David Rice, the General Manager of the statehouse cafeteria came over to warn me as I checked office email, since the power cord of my laptop snaked along the wall toward a hallway plug.
\nMe: “Are there any other power outlets to use. ”
\nRice: “No. It’s a safety hazard. People might trip over the cords.”
\nMe: “Would it be possible to add more power outlets?”
\nRice: “No. The State Preservation Board<\/a> doesn’t allow adding more power outlets.”
\nRice: “Oh, and by the way, I turn wireless access off between 11 and 3, when the cafeteria is busy.”
\nSo: the Capitol Grill advertises itself as a “wireless hotspot”, but doesn’t have any electric power, and isn’t available during the hours that most people want to use the cafeteria.
\nI was ecstatic when I heard that cafe and the conference rooms were going to have wireless access. I do volunteer lobbying with the ACLU-TX amid my day job responsibilities. It would be extremely valuable to be able to communicate with the office if I go to the capitol during the day. Wireless at the capitol is a great step toward making politics accessible to citizens.
\nFellow civic bloggers, if you’d like to request real wireless access at the Capitol cafeteria, express your opinion to:
\nDavid Rice
\nGeneral Manager
\nCapitol Grill
\n512-472-5451
\nNo email address on the business card.
\nIf you’d like to tell the State Preservation board that their no-wall-outlet policy is keeping Texas communication in the 19th centry, contact:
\nState Preservation Board
\nCaretakers of the Texas Capitol
\n201 E. 14th St. Austin, TX
\n512-463-5495<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Less Networks wireless hotspot at the Capitol Grill is fabulous in concept, but the implementation is close to pointless. “I’m sorry, you can’t use that power outlet. It’s a safety hazard.” David Rice, the General Manager of the statehouse cafeteria came over to warn me as I checked office email, since the power cord … Continue reading “Capitol Cafeteria pretends to offer wireless”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prDRq-bP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}