Just read this:


Kansas City nonprofit launches free Wi-Fi for low income housing
by Alyson Raletz, Reporter
 - http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2012/12/kansas-city-nonprofit-launches-free.html

They got a little help getting online with the help of the Free Network Foundation, a non-profit from Kansas City, which uses JOE'S datacenter for colocation of equipment and serves as the primary link for the non-profit's mesh network transmitting atop the building where JOE'S is located.
 - http://thefnf.org/2012/12/kc-network-goes-live/

Retail merchants with physical locations that might wish to accept bitcoin have challenges with connectivity.  Not only must the equipment their staff uses be able to get internet access -- relying on the customer to have data service as well (e.g., for access to an EWallet) reduces the chances of being able to successfully transact with bitcoin.

This is true especially indoors where mobile phone network 3G or 4G data signals are not very strong.  But it is also true for users who wish to use a device that doesn't have data service (e.g., Wi-Fi only iPads, Android tablets, iPod touch, or the $60 Android devices that are now sold in many parts of the world even.).

So flooding an accessible Wi-Fi signal throughout neighborhoods and commercial districts lets those areas become good candidates for where Bitcoin can become widely adapted with little required of the merchants other than a tablet for use as a point-of-sale device.

If there was one place a U.S. equivalent of Berlin's "Bitcoin Kiez" should emerge, Kansas City might be it.
 - http://bitcoinmagazine.net/bitcoin-kiez-rollout-3-new-btc-accepting-stores-and-restaurants-in-berlin-more-to-come/

It's good to see Bitcoin already having a part here though with JOE'S Datacenter and The Free Network Foundation both supporting Bitcoin:

and

- http://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Needs