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[windows]

Yep I found the same about unsecured nets both near the M60 an also around whre I live. One could make a tidy sum there offerign to secure peoples networks for them!

[cyclist]

Originally Posted by boz

Hee hee, I love the fact that Steph has the most points and mostly done by pedal power!

Exclusively pedal power, the whole lot can't be more than last week's total bike mileage of 96. I haven't been inside a car since this started. I use a car about 3 times per month - twice to Solihull for work, once to Leeds to visit friends, all as a passenger.
My theory is that I use roads motorists don't go down much, so there's new stuff to detect. My best was this evening, 40 minutes to do about 6 miles through 3 suburbs, detected over 600 APs!
Have got the power somewhat more under control by turning off 3G.

[neilm]

I presume that the speed of a bicycle will be more amenable to picking up AP's as the speed of a car may not give time to discover a lot of densly packed router signals.

[fowljr]

Originally Posted by cyclist

Exclusively pedal power, the whole lot can't be more than last week's total bike mileage of 96. I haven't been inside a car since this started. I use a car about 3 times per month - twice to Solihull for work, once to Leeds to visit friends, all as a passenger.
My theory is that I use roads motorists don't go down much, so there's new stuff to detect. My best was this evening, 40 minutes to do about 6 miles through 3 suburbs, detected over 600 APs!
Have got the power somewhat more under control by turning off 3G.

Blimey, 600 APs.... Blimey....

[cyclist]

Would be interesting for someone else to take Navizon for a walk or bike ride in a built up area and see what sort of detection rates you get. Neil's suggestion about detection rate sounds very plausible.

[fowljr]

I will definitely try this in London on Friday, I won't be taking the Ameo but I will install it on the Orbit 1 as I won't mind if the battery runs out on it then!!

Edit: By that I mean I'll still need a device to use for phone & email as well & the ability to recharge will be non-existent!!

[Massiv]

It is truly amazing how many ap's are out there. I stayed in Stockport last week and travelled through Manchester to Salford Quays and then up to BUrnley and managed a total of 1800 new AP's. Journey back home down the M6 combined I racked up just under 10,000 points. What I have done to get more points is drag out my old phone attach an old bluetooth gps and chuck in a defunct orange pay as you go sim, so I can now pick up their cells as well as o2 (sad I know). Nearly at 70,000 points in 3 1/2 weeks though

Massiv

[inspector_g]

140 bucks in 3 1/2 weeks...not bad... Must dig out the old Orbit....

I can just imagine the headlines....
Today a driver was identified as the cause of an accident on a motorway because it was established that he had 12 pda's fixed to his windscreen and couldn't see where he was going. Apparently he was a moderator from 4WM using something known as Navizon.....

[fowljr]

Hahahahahaha, excellent inspector_g, excellent.....

[cyclist]

Done a bit of research today, otherwise known as M6 and M6 toll from Manchester to Solihull and back, as a passenger. I mostly had the phone on GSM to save battery, except for a couple of bursts of 3G to read here for a bit. Had wifi on though. I got 481 points, mostly from cell towers already mapped. Now that is very disappointing compared to bike journeys, when I can get that many points in about half an hour. So slow travel = more points.
Bit of a surprise that I managed to find as many as 13 new cell towers though - maybe the M6 toll hadn't been done on not 3G before. There would be a couple locally at my destination, but not that many.
Off to swimming lesson tonight, which should be good for at least as many points again in 7 miles of cycling.