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Submicron
03-16-2003, 12:28 AM
Just as an FYI, I was reading the mobile edition of Palm Power Magazine and it had a brief discussion on a list, provided by Riverwalk Software, of 2000 public WiFi internet access points. The list is a database in various formats available at Handango, Palm Gear and PocketGear. I haven't looked into it but thought it may of interest to the WiFi folks. Here's a link to an article (http://palmstation.com/view_article.py?article=5518&flat_mode=1) about it. :cool:
goyanian
03-16-2003, 04:45 AM
since i live in UK, i think there will none in the country for public access.... sigh.................
LITTLESIX
03-16-2003, 04:58 AM
http://www.80211hotspots.com/intl/2000018/

Goyanian - the above link is for a few of them in the UK. Hope they're close for you.
goyanian
03-16-2003, 05:47 AM
COOL! never knew that there is WAP at paddington train station! are those free of charge?
LITTLESIX
03-16-2003, 06:02 AM
Have no idea, goyanian; I'm stateside. Browse the website, they should have more information.

I'm GUESSING that they are. Everything I've used from this site with little exception has been free.
Token User
03-16-2003, 08:44 AM
Originally posted by goyanian
COOL! never knew that there is WAP at paddington train station! are those free of charge? WAP is available anywhere you get a cellphone signal. I think you mean WiFi (or 802.11b).
n2ifp
03-16-2003, 09:00 AM
The misuse of terms can be very confusing and misleading. The industry's use of similar terms and acronyms definitely doesn't help:).
Token User
03-16-2003, 09:28 AM
There is definate alphabet soup of acronyms in the industry. Wanna start talking CDMA vs wCDMA vs 3G?? :D
Unregistered
03-16-2003, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by Token User
WAP is available anywhere you get a cellphone signal. I think you mean WiFi (or 802.11b). I think he meant WAP as in Wireless Access Point, not Wireless Access Protocol.
Token User
03-16-2003, 03:16 PM
Originally posted by Unregistered
I think he meant WAP as in Wireless Access Point, not Wireless Access Protocol. Overloading TLA's is just rude and should be banned ... ESPECIALLY when the WA parts have the same meaning.
NXTacy
03-16-2003, 08:54 PM
Spots are popping up here and there. Another good resource is maps.netstumbler.com You need to setup an account to search by proximity. Anyways I made a standalone prc and a thinkdb/list to go for you to keep track of WiFi hotspots. There is no data in it, it's blank you have to fill it up yourself. It's attached but not showing up. Email the webmaster to look at it.