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Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Nacogdoches, Hillsboro and Dallas, Texas, Oakland, Irvine, San Jose, California, Fairfield and Bridgeport, Connecticut, Muskego, Wisconsin, Tacoma, Seattle and Mukilteo, Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, New York City, New York, Denver, Dillon, Lafayette, Colorado Springs and Longmont, Colorado, Columbus and Westlake, Ohio, Allentown and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jackson, Mississippi, Overland Park, Kansas, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Portland, Oregon.
posted by Jim at 9:37 AM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Ferndale, Midland and Traverse City, Michigan, Duluth, Minnesota, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, San Jose, Costa Rica, Frankfurt and Munich, Germany, Arcata, Arroyo Grande and Ventura, California, Ozark, Alabama, Cortez, Colorado, Seattle, Washington, Salt Lake City, Brighton and Park City, Utah, New Paltz and Brooklyn, New York, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Greensboro, North Carolina.
posted by Jim at 4:55 PM

 
Partners in Free WiFi Outplay Starbucks, T-mobile and HP with Free iTunes from SXSW 2004.

The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory is a member of Austin, Texas based Partners in Free Wi-Fi.

Beginning today until the end of the SXSW 2004 Music Festival and Conference, Austin Wireless users will be able to enjoy hundreds of songs for free while using free WiFi hotspots all over town.

Read the full press release.
posted by Jim at 10:15 AM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Escanaba, Michigan, Houston and Boerne, Texas, El Segundo, Hollywood, Monterey, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Arcadia, and Carlsbad, California, Hamden, Connecticut, North Conway Village, New Hampshire, Morrisville and Trappe, Pennsylvania, St. Paul, Minnesota, Bozeman, Montana, Raleigh and Black Mountain, North Carolina, Genoa, Illinois, Savannah, Georgia, Akron, Ohio, Baltimore, Maryland, Utica, New York, Portland, Oregon, Alexandria, Virginia, Norfolk, Nebraska.
posted by Jim at 9:48 AM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Bullhead City and Scottsdale, Arizona, Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, Santa Clarita, Lomita, San Francisco, San Diego and Riverside, California, Salt Lake City, Utah, Omaha, Nebraska, Cary, North Carolina, Wilton, Connecticut, Castle Rock, Colorado, Butte, Montana, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Benton Harbor, Michigan, Memphis, Tennessee, The Forks, Maine, Centerville and Columbus, Ohio.
posted by Jim at 6:57 PM

 
Ride the 3rd Wave

Boston's Tech Superpowers has used Newburyopen.net to spread free Wi-Fi up and down Newbury Street and to spread the word about their own business. Now, Atlanta's 3rd Wave is doing something similar.

They will install and maintain the equipment and provide support for retail establishments who want to be a Wi-Fi hotspot. The establishment must provide the broadband access and agree to provide the Wi-Fi access to their customers for free.

For both, a major benefit has been the publicity, i.e. free advertising, they've received.

Read more about 3rd Wave Hotspots.
posted by Jim at 8:10 PM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Beverly, Massachusetts, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Capitola, Menlo Park and Tahoe City, California, Auburn, Maine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Rosemont and Charleston, Illinois, Honolulu, Hawaii, Arlington and Hockley, Texas, Portland, Oregon, Timonium, Maryland, Columbus, Ohio, Port Richey, Florida.
posted by Jim at 9:23 AM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Fremantle, Western Australia, Dornbirn, Austria, Charleston, Illinois, Gainesville, Florida, Lacanada Flintridge, California, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bethel, Connecticut, Epping, New Hampshire, Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Austin and College Station, Texas
posted by Jim at 9:33 AM

 
Free Wi-Fi hits the Mainstream

Courtyard by Marriott Hotels offer free Wi-Fi in their guestrooms. The other night I saw an ad for Courtyard on TV solely dedicated to selling free Wi-Fi as an amenity.

This in itself was a significant step in the emergence of Wi-Fi into the Mainstream conciousness, but the way it was presented was also significant. The ad portrays a business traveler rushing back to his room at Courtyard because it's "bath time" - the time that his baby daughter is about to take her bath at home. Daddy fires up his laptop on his free Wi-Fi connection and sees, via a web cam, his baby daughter and his wife at "bath time" and they're looking at Daddy from their end too.

This portrayal of the "joy of experience" does a lot more to bring Wi-Fi into the Mainstream than any of the Centrino ads that Intel ever ran.
posted by Jim at 8:41 PM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Portland and McMinnville, Oregon, Boulder, Colorado, Greenville, South Carolina, South Haven, Michigan, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Starkville, Mississippi, Alexandria and Richmond, Virginia, Beachwood, Cleveland, Hudson and Dayton, Ohio, Maple Valley, Washington, Cape Girardeau and Springfield/Branson , Missouri, Carpinteria and San Diego, California, Boise, Idaho, Bangkok, Thailand, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and Silver Spring, Maryland.
posted by Jim at 5:21 PM

 
Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory Additions

Paris and Nice, France, Palo Alto, City of Industry, Dixon and Guerneville, California, Sterling, Virginia, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chicago and Bolingbrook, Illinois, Austin, Texas, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Flowood, Mississippi, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Berga, Spain, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Columbus, Georgia, Lakeland, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
posted by Jim at 9:35 AM