Wireless Event to Celebrate, Demonstrate Wireless Networking

Wireless Dayton Days, an event to celebrate and demonstrate the new Wireless Downtown Dayton Network, takes place on Friday and Saturday, April 29 & 30. The Wireless Dayton Days event is free to the public and takes place in the first floor South Atrium and adjoining rooms in the Ponitz Center (Building 12) of Sinclair Community College.

The local non-profit organization Dayton Microcomputer Association, Inc., is producing the event which takes place on Friday (Arbor Day) from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Saturday, March 30, from 10 AM to 6 PM.

The event is designed to celebrate the entire downtown Dayton area becoming a free wireless hotzone where individuals can access the Internet with a wireless-enabled device. The Downtown Dayton Network is the result of a unique government-business partnership which includes the City of Dayton, HarborLink Ltd., P&R Communications and the Internet Service Provider DoNet.

The Wireless Dayton Days event offers many features which are designed to introduce either computer or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) wireless-enabled users, or those wanting information about wireless networks, to the free downtown network which is online now.

Upon arriving, a volunteer mentor will be matched one-on-one with an attending individual and their wireless-enabled PDA or laptop computer and will be shown how to connect and disconnect from Downtown Dayton’s free wireless network.

There will also be a mini-trade show offering some options for wireless network access; there will be seminars including many facilitated by Sinclair College Instructors; a booklet will be provided which helps users access free wireless networks after the event and in other locales; and a web site (www.wirelessdaytondays.org) offers additional follow-up information about the event as well as wireless networking in general.

Individuals and businesses seeking more information about Wireless Dayton Days may access the event’s web site www.wirelessdaytondays.org, send questions via email to info@wirelessdaytondays.org, or call 937/222-4362.

About the Dayton Microcomputer Association, Inc.

The DMA®, established in April, 1976, is the oldest and largest 501c(3) non-profit computer user group in Southern, Ohio and is also one of the oldest and most-respected organizations of its kind in the country. For the past 28 years, the DMA® has sponsored Computerfest®, its fundraiser, the largest and oldest annual computer event that is organized and run exclusively by volunteers. Contact: www.dma.org or info(at)dma.org.