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Signals crossed?

An article by Jeff Vance at Wi-Fi Planet brings up an interesting point.

"At Panera, I'm surprised to see that they have abandoned their free paradigm, instead offering T-Mobile service — until I notice that my laptop has actually associated with the Starbucks across the street."

In many neighborhoods there may be many signals flying around. Some protected, some open, some free, some fee based. Most of the time you should be able to figure out the name of the network where you're sitting, but not always. Don't make a mistake and think that where you're sitting is not a free Wi-Fi location if you're picking up a signal from a fee-based hotspot nearby. Chances are you can find the free signal in the list of networks and just pick that one to connect to.

Read Jeff's full article

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3414171



posted by Jim at 5:44 PM

 
3600 Free Wi-Fi locations

The Wi-Fi FreeSpot Directory has passed 3600 and is headed for 4000 locations. About 50 new locations are added every week so it won't take long. Thanks e-mail location submitters!

California leads the way with about 480 listings.

Panera Bread is now up to 400 locations nationwide.

Check out your State's page in the Directory to see if there are any new locations near you.



posted by Jim at 10:54 AM

 
100 more Free Wi-Fi locations

Again, too numerous to list individually but worth checking out your State's page for new additions.

One of the fastest growing types of new Free Wi-Fi locations being added to the Wi-Fi FreeSpot Directory is public libraries. Not just big city library systems like Austin, TX with 19 branches, but many small town libraries are adding Free Wi-Fi to their public services. Free Wi-Fi in a public library truly is free. Even if a library card might be required to access the network the cards are free.

More Hotel/Motel chains are offering free Wi-Fi in rooms and public areas. Best of all it is some of the lower priced chains that offer free access. Check out the Directory's Hotels page for more info and links to the different chain's web site where you can use their Search function to find locations with Free Wi-Fi. In addition, many properties are listed on the State pages as well.



posted by Jim at 4:15 PM