You may have noticed that I really sucked at updating BingPop last week.  Turns out I was on vacation.  In Montreal.  Yes, Montreal!  Montreal: City of… um, that big Olympic Stadium where the roof keeps collapsing in on itself. I bet I would have seen more of the city if I had spent less time seeing it’s less reputable bars.  But let me just tell you the first reason Montreal sucks more than the Bing.

1. It’s friggin cold in Montreal.
You think it’s cold outside right now, right?  Go step out on Court Street and stand there for 8 hours…  I’ll wait.

Still waiting.

Not dead yet?  I’m surprised.  THAT’S how cold you get after standing outside in Montreal for about 4 minutes.

2. Montreal is KNOWN for having free wi-fi, but Binghamton’s got better coverage.
Now I’m sure that there’s a lot more to do on the Internet that just play Worlds of Warcraft, update your Facebook status, and away-message stalk your ex’s.  I’m just not sure what that is.  Or if I care.
 
But there were a ridiculous number of times in Montreal that I COULDN’T update my Facebook status, because I couldn’t get a wi-fi signal.  Well Binghamton just made another move in their mission to ensure that every corner of the city radiates with Internet love.

They’ve expanded coverage, adding a bunch more “nodes” to the network.  And they’ve plugged in the South Side, baby.  That’s right: you go munch on some whole-wheat, whole-grain, all-organic free-range vegan veggie-burgers at Whole in the Wall while you cruise the PETA web site.
 
Checck out the new node intersection locations:
Hawley & Washington Streets
Court, Exchange & Chenango Streets
Main & Front Streets

FYI, here’s a copy of the OLD coverage map—pre-new-nodes.

AAAAAND they’ve also employed yours truly to redesign the Welcome page so that visiting business folk will be blown away by how high tech Spiedie-ville has become.  It’s just another phase in the BingPop quest to take over the world.

So there you have it; more signal, better signal, and more places that you can play Worlds of Warcraft.

3. Oh, um, the third reason I like Bing better than Montreal.  I speak like 4 words in French.  Useless.