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FreeSpot Directory Additions

You'll find new listings for Novi, Michigan and Dallas, Texas.

posted by Jim at 5:05 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

You'll find new locations in Orland Park, Illinois, Winter Park, Florida and several new additions in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

posted by Jim at 5:28 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

New free Wi-Fi access locations can be found in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Raleigh, North Carolina and Fort Collins , Colorado.

posted by Jim at 9:13 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

Today's new listings are in Boca Raton, Florida and Barcelona, Spain.

posted by Jim at 9:16 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

You'll find newFreeSpots in St. Petersburg, Florida, Seattle, Washington, Mantova, Italy and 70 new ReadytoSurf locations in the United Kingdom.

posted by Jim at 5:50 AM

 

Wi-Fi for RVers

Tom Gonser is out there cruising the highways and byways in his RV and he's looking for Internet access. Most RVers need e-mail access but in addition, they now "they want to use the full spectrum of Internet offerings, from making reservations to paying their bills and managing their investments -- all online".

He maintains a web site called RVers Online and he just published an article that traces the growth of internet access at RV Parks. In order to meet the demands of their customers RV Parks first became "modem friendly" and now many are offering wireless access (Wi-Fi). The article also discusses access fees at RV Parks and how this might influence an RVer's choice of RV Park. The FreeSpot Directory has several listings for free access at RV Parks that Tom has found in his travels.

Click here to read the article.

posted by Jim at 10:21 AM

 

FreeSpopt Directory Additions

Look for new locations in Easthampton, Massachusetts, Woodland Hills and West Los Angeles, California and two new ones added in Jacksonville, Florida.

posted by Jim at 9:25 AM

 

Free Wi-Fi brought to you by.........

Wired Magazine announced they are providing free Wi-Fi to Union Square Park in New York City. A brilliant move. Corporate sponsorship of Free Wi-Fi in targeted areas. Yes, it's advertising but they get the added benefit of being associated with providing a popular free service. I can see this spreading to other areas and anything that spreads free Wi-Fi access is a good thing to me.

posted by Jim at 6:21 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

Lafayette Square in Buffalo, New York is the latest downtown area to offer free Wi-Fi and there are new locations in Lake Forest, California, Columbus, Ohio and Raleigh, North Carolina.

posted by Jim at 11:01 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

New FreeSpots are in Jacksonville, Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, Orlando and Palm Bay, Florida, Helena, Montana, and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Brookfield, Wisconsin.

posted by Jim at 3:02 PM

 

To be Free or not to be Free - that is the question

There is an interesting discussion going on amongst three well known Wi-Fi bloggers, Glenn Fleischman of Wi-Fi Networking News, Mike Masnick of Techdirt Wireless and Alan Reiter of Reiter's Wireless Data Web Log, about Free access versus Fee access.

Mike started the discussion with this post.

Glenn's take on it all is here, and you'll find Alan's here, and then you can see Mike's follow-up here.

Good reading for any location owner still on the fence about free or fee. The big companies who say they're planning to install thousands of new hotspots in the next year get all the headlines in the mainstream press but based on my adding 10 or more new free locations to The FreeSpot Directory every week I'd say that free location owners deserve some recognition too.

posted by Jim at 10:58 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

For your weekend web surfing pleasure you can now find free Wi-Fi at new locations in Los Angeles, California, Wichita, Kansas, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Graz, Austria

posted by Jim at 5:12 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

Today's new FreeSpot additions are in Ames, Iowa, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Northampton, Massachusetts, Santa Barbara, California and Reno, Nevada.

posted by Jim at 2:25 PM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

Today's new locations are in Davenport, Iowa, San Jose, California and Rzeszow, Poland.

posted by Jim at 10:05 AM

 

First Schlotzsky's and now Panera Bread Company

St.Louis based Panera Bread Company announced that they offer free Wi-Fi in about 70 of their Cafe locations now, with another 60 due by the end of the year and eventual plans for as many as 1000 company owned and franchised locations nationwide. They operate under the names Panera Bread Co. and St. Louis Bread Co. Their site says look for the Wi-Fi stickers in their doors to see if your local cafe is a free Wi-Fi location.

Their press release is available here.

Free location info can be found here.

posted by Jim at 11:05 AM

 

FreeSpot Directory Additions

Look for new free locations in Gresham, Oregon, Dallas, Texas, New Faifield, Connecticut , Louisville, Kentucky and Missoula, Montana.

posted by Jim at 10:55 AM

 

More places for Free Wi-Fi

If you're flying through Colorado Springs, Colorado you'll get free Wi-Fi in the main concourse level of the airport. If you've got business with the FCC in Washington, DC you'll get free Wi-Fi in several locations in their offices. You'll also find a couple new locations in Seattle, Washington.

posted by Jim at 12:23 PM