This week is a big week for Y-FI as we bring online 2 new partners in the endeavor to bring free wireless connectivity to downtown York. We are pleased to announce that The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center and the Camera Center of York have both joined our mission. The Strand-Capitol, up until now has not [...]
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2 Great New Partners
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010ABC 27 News Clip
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Yesterday was a big news day for Y-FI. Not only did we cover the York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade press conference but we were interviewed for an evening news story by ABC 27 WHTM. Thanks to Dara Rees from ABC27 for interviewing us and thank you to Annette Fisher and Erin Stine for participating in [...]
Hello 2010!
Friday, January 8th, 2010An Open Letter about the progress at Y-FI. At this moment there are 2 locations up and operating. As you may know, Central Market is now completely covered by our signal and we have just recently brought online the Music & More by Williams Study Center on west Philadelphia St. The traffic on the Central [...]
Y-FI in the News
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Since our initial rollout at Central Market we have been getting some press from the local newspapers. This is a huge help for us as we spread the word about our Y-FI project. We’ve had numerous contacts from various businesses who have seen the article in the York Dispatch or the Central Penn Business Journal [...]
The Switch to Open
Sunday, November 15th, 2009If you know anything about our brief history, you know we’ve been working towards bringing free wi-fi to York City using a technology from Meraki, a mesh network company out of California that developed out of a MIT graduate project. The hardware Maraki produces and their software back end work very well and we were [...]
Time to get a little Dirty
Friday, November 6th, 2009This coming week will be a busy one for us. We need to roll up our sleeves and get to work installing our very first network nodes. We’re getting out our ladders, tools and drills so we can run cables and mount our test units. All this so we can provide FREE wireless internet to [...]
Big Things a Happenin’
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Just a quick update on Y-FI: We’re meeting regularly with businesses downtown and and people are getting excited. When they get excited WE get excited. So Who are we looking to meet with? We want to meet with everyone who wants to know more about Y-FI. This is a community effort brought together by [...]
Lincolnway Flower Shop helps Y-FI Grow
Saturday, October 17th, 2009The owner’s of Lincolnway Flower Shop and Greenhouses have been avid supporters of Y-FI from it’s inception.
City of York Supports Y-FI
Thursday, October 15th, 2009We are pleased to have the City of York as a supporter and partner with the Y-FI project.
Businesses, inexpensive technology could spur public Wi-Fi for York – Central Penn Business Journal
Friday, September 18th, 2009The Central Penn Business Journal wrote a great article about our startup, Y-FI. Bob Mock said he wants businesses to think small when they think wireless Internet. If they do, it could mean York would be the first city in Central Pennsylvania to have public Wi- Fi in its downtown business district. “My goal is [...]