Portland is number 5 in the 2004 top unwired places, according to Sperling's Best Places. There are 158 for-fee hot spots, and 222 free hot spots, most provided by Personal Telco. (We were number one in 2003—damn you San Francisco, Orange County, Washington, D.C. and Austin!!)

Portland is special... There are people with a sense of energy and community who want to make other people's lives richer by providing something for free."
—Bert Sperling, on Personal Telco.

from Top unwired places 2004, The Oregonian In Portland, April 7, 2005.