PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
Premium
join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
clubs:   | Pretty nice deal.
I would love to use the wifi laptop more. It would be great if some of the cable companies started doing this too.
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Goldman
join:2002-06-21
Maumelle, AR | I can deal with this price. Anytime I fly I go early, but I just sit with no internet access, because the Freedomlink fees are so high. Good move SBC. |
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lawilson2
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Chicago, IL | Nice...
When/where do I sign up?  I'm in Chicago and would love to use this. I would need to know where their points were located though. |
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gdm
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | Just go here to find the hotspots »www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=5949 just click 'freedom link hot spots' it appears to be down right now though. |
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lorick
Lorick Weather Live
Premium
join:2002-01-29
Eau Claire, WI
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to lawilson2
Here is the link with locations. The $1.99 price is not listed yet.
»www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=5949
Here is another "Press Release" also.
»home.businesswire.com/portal/sit···sLang=en
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lorick
Lorick Weather Live
Premium
join:2002-01-29
Eau Claire, WI | reply to gdm
Beat me again............... |
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Mega DETH
It's All About The Ping
join:2003-08-20
Watertown, WI | reply to lorick
I live a few blocks from a Hotspot, how close do you have to be to pick up a signal?
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lorick
Lorick Weather Live
Premium
join:2002-01-29
Eau Claire, WI | 150 feet. |
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stunod2002
join:2003-11-07
Carol Stream, IL
| said by lorick  :
150 feet.
If outside I would say more like a couple of hundred feet. At most a full city block..
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lawilson2
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Chicago, IL | reply to lorick
Thanks, there seems to be some nice locations. I hope libraries will be added, as well as other public places. I don't go to coffee shops or the UPS store at this time, but it's nice to have the option for 1.99/month. |
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Mega DETH
It's All About The Ping
join:2003-08-20
Watertown, WI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to stunod2002
I suppose for the price it would be pretty nice, but with such limited range (or only 1 spot in our town) what's the point of having it.
not being negative, just that I must be uninformed about the whole WiFi craze
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McWizzard
join:2001-06-01
Plymouth, MI | reply to lawilson2
Their offering must be generating a high volume of traffic to their site - it's almost impossible to pull up information of the current Hot Spots.
Anyone else having the same problem? |
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techwench
I Work For Food
Premium
join:2003-06-26
Sherman, TX | Ditto. Just sits there spinning and trying to connect... |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to lawilson2
Most Public Libraries(at least around here) offer *FREE* Wi-Fi. Like I pointed out several times before, with all the free offerings being offered, these pay sites are going to have to dramatically reduce the $20.00? $30.00? per month/$5.95 per day access fees... So it begins! 
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lawilson2
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Chicago, IL
| I was at a hotel in New Jersey last week, and they wanted $5 for 15 minutes of Internet use. I could have slowly strangled them for even considering that price. Needless to say, I went without Internet that week. |
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IronChefMoto
Premium
join:2001-02-08
Alpharetta, GA
| said by lawilson2 :
I was at a hotel in New Jersey last week, and they wanted $5 for 15 minutes of Internet use. I could have slowly strangled them for even considering that price. Needless to say, I went without Internet that week.
I paid $10 for 24 hours of the slowest broadband I've ever seen (256kbps SHARED w/ the other guests) at a hotel a few months ago. I'll never do THAT again. I'd rather just surf with a modem...oh...wait...the bastards charge for local phone calls now too.
IronChefMorimoto
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AJ5TT
join:2003-08-17
Friendswood, TX
| reply to PhoenixDown
Re: Pretty nice deal.
I too would use my laptop or PDA more and would but the existing price of some hot spots is nuts. I understand that businesses need to recoup their investments but charging a high rate leaves you with the few "important" uses who must access their email etc. I for one can wait until I get to a spot where the cost is reasonable. At two bucks a month, I would use it and probably many more. |
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amdaz
Premium
join:2000-12-29
San Francisco, CA
·Comcast
| reply to lawilson2
Re: Nice...
said by lawilson2 :
I was at a hotel in New Jersey last week, and they wanted $5 for 15 minutes of Internet use. I could have slowly strangled them for even considering that price. Needless to say, I went without Internet that week.
Come visit us in SF then
A lot of Hotels here provides Wi-Fi free for guests. |
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN | reply to Mega DETH
go to ebay and search for "wardriving" or "toxic ranch" these have some nice wifi stuff. I have one of the 7dbi antennas with orinoco gold cards. my range is easily a block. could get more if a used that wifi cantenna. |
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Furious bEz
fg-c.com
Premium
join:2003-08-13
Los Angeles, CA | reply to lorick
Yeah, but no software for Macs. I do have a PC Laptop, but rarely used anymore.
All-in all, great offer though. |
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