public WiFi

[onenblue]

Where can you get WiFi connection at public places? I know that there is some payed services out there, but I hear so much about the free connections. I havent found any or  maybe I am just looking in the wrong places. Maybe we need to start a new thread of a listing of free connections.....

[Unregistered]

Try this site... http://www.wi-fizone.org/zoneLocator.asp?TID=7

You can type your location and it will provide you with a list of WiFi networks in that area. Hope it helps.

Jackal

[n2ifp]

http://www.80211-planet.com/

[mux1]

Just wanted to comment on WiFi...

Besides a couple of hotels and the wireless lab at the university I attend (lets me check email while in Calc class), I haven't found any other hot spots where I live (Colorado Springs, CO). I built a new house a couple of years ago, wired it for network connections throughout, and vowed not to go wireless....until I got my WiFi card for my Clie.

Now, I think WiFi is an amazing thing and wish that it would become as common as telephones. Every public place should have an access point :)

It does wonders for portable connections (PDA's, laptops), and creates amazing connection possibilities. I wouldn't use it exclusively in my home, but coupled with my 100bT wired network, I couldn't do without!

[rob_squared]

I'm still frustrated that Northeastern University doesn't have it. :(

Its an engineering school for crying out loud.

[rldunn]

I'm really surprised that there aren't more spots as well!! I work in Ann Arbor, which is generally considered a very tech-heavy place, but there's maybe 3 hot spots outside of the university, and only certain parts of the university have it. I'm also visiting Chicago next month, so I did a search of hot spots there, and they seem to be pretty spread out, with not a ton of them!! I was hoping that most hotels would have it by now, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Seems like it would be a really cheap selling point for places to offer it; hopefully it will really start to grow quickly.

[jimod]

Starbucks, If you can stomach their (so-called) coffee, it is SUPPOSED to be company wide in the US for them. As far as Chicago, there used to be a TON of warchalking in the downtown area but that has kinda disappeared. Not entirely sure if this is from better security or apathy.

[Jypsy]

has there been any chalking in the milwaukee, WI area? i havent gotten downtown lately.....

[profvisor]

Yeah, Starbucks has it, but you have to pay for the service. It isn't worth it unless you spend a LOT of time at Starbucks! ;)

[contempt]

Somebody posted this in another message and it's the best resource I've found for free Wi-Fi nodes:
http://www.nodedb.com/

[BettyE]

A couple of weeks ago, I was in the Denver Airport and they had signs up about WiFi being available, but I never expected that, so my WiFi card was home.

[onenblue]

Thanks for the Help.....

[profvisor]

Contempt,
Thanks for the site. None in my area (or the state), but maybe sometime soon....