AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi To More DSL Customers1.5Mbps customers now included in free Wi-Fi offer ( old news - 12:38PM Wednesday Jan 23 2008) tags: business · wireless · AT&T Southeast · AT&T Midwest · AT&T SouthwestIf you're an AT&T DSL customer with a connection 1.5Mbps or faster, you've now got free, unlimited access to AT&T's network of 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. AT&T customers, who already got discounted access to the Wi-Fi network, should save about $60 annually from the deal. Non-AT&T customers would normally pay $240 yearly for access to the Wi-Fi network. It's a smart way for AT&T to add competitive value to their DSL service, and is a perk they were already offering higher speed (3Mbps+) customers. AT&T's Wi-Fi network, which the company isn't alone in claiming is the largest Wi-Fi network in the United States, is operated largely by Wayport. 9,000 of the 10,000 hotspot locations are McDonald restaurants, but the network can also be found at most major airports as well as Barnes & Noble book stores. A full list of hotspot locations can be found at the AT&T Wi-Fi website. AT&T users simply have to find the network (SSID: attwifi), and log in using their primary DSL or U-Verse account username and password. Related:- AT&T Takes Over Starbucks Wi-Fi
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 |  |  stunod2002
join:2003-11-07 Carol Stream, IL
| Re: I learned about this from their last catalog You don't need the software.. I use it all the time when traveling and I just put the SSID in my cards configuration just as if I was at home.. | |
|  |  |   odreian615
join:2006-01-18 Chicago, IL | Re: I learned about this from their last catalog thankyou cause I was thinking about downloading and installing it on my laptop | |
|  |  |   esc0
@swbell.net | Does this apply to users on Dry DSL as well?
Is there a pwd after entering the SSID ( attwifi )? | |
|  Qixotl
join:2002-02-08 New Milford, CT
| Not really major news... ...since AT&T has offered free Wi-Fi to DSL customers since July 2007 (though you needed Pro service or better then). This is just an expansion of the old plan.
»www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4···id=24031 | |
|  |   Ark
join:2002-06-08 Hudsonville, MI | Re: Not really major news... Does it apply to those with "business" accounts yet? Last I heard, it did not. So if you pay 3x-4x the regular price simply to get a static IP, you don't get this perk. | |
|   David Last man standing Premium,VIP join:2002-05-30 Granite City, IL clubs:
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| Karl You might need to clarify the post a bit.
your article says "faster than 1.5mbps" when on the public link says
The free Wi-Fi offer will be available to new and existing customers who subscribe to any of AT&Ts broadband services with downstream speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps, 3.0 Mbps, or 6.0 Mbps. Free Wi-Fi access was initially provided to the companys higher-speed broadband customers last year.
It's minor, but ya never can tell around here.
So if I had to guess here's the plans that can get it
384-1536/128-384 1536-3008/384-512 3008-6016/512-768
I don't think the up to 768/384 plan is currently covered but may be at a later date. -- If you have a topic in the direct forum please reply to it or a post of mine, I get a notification when you do this. Koetting Ford, Granite City, illinois... YOU'RE FIRED!!
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|  |   Corona It's cool, I'm takin it back Premium join:2000-03-14 San Antonio, TX | Re: Karl Do you have to use the connection software? | |
|  |  |  stunod2002
join:2003-11-07 Carol Stream, IL
| Re: Karl said by Corona :Do you have to use the connection software? Nope.. see my post above.. (right at top) | |
|  SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| Free Really Isn't if deals of this nature have taught us anything, it's that "free" usually doesn't mean what you think it does. I'd be curious as to what the fine print legalese states in the TOS/AUP users no doubt have to agree to before using the service. I'd also like to know exactly what kind of personal data the Death Star asks for as a term for using the service as well. Additionally, there are caps in place that are probably invisible. Lastly, everyone seems to have forgotten that this particular provider was one of the telcos that handed over data to the NSA,and, for all we know, probably still is since the company's position on immunity hasn't changed. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| Re: Free Really Isn't said by NetFixer :If you consider that providing AT&T with your account login credentials is too big a privacy/security risk, perhaps you should consider using carrier pigeons or tin cans and string. So basically, because I ask questions first instead of bending over all nice & lubed up for AT&T this makes me the weirdo?  | |
|  |  |  |   RadioDoc Sortofadog Premium,ExMod 2000-03 join:2000-05-11 Chicago, IL | Re: Free Really Isn't In this case, yes. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| Re: Free Really Isn't said by NetFixer :1. Since you seem to be so anti AT&T, I find it hard to believe that you have DSL service with AT&T, so your original comment/question was a moot point.
2. Even if Mommy has a DSL account with AT&T, she probably won't give you the login credentials to allow you to use the free WiFi access, so again it is a moot point.
3. I did not use the word "weirdo", that was your juvenile interpretation. Pontificate much? | |
|  |  |   esc0
@swbell.net | I use the 2WIRE modem from ATT and all log in credentials is stored in the modem now and not on my pc. When I log into the modem I can see the username but the pwd is hidden. Anyway to uncover the pwd. Thanks in advance. | |
|  |  |  |   RadioDoc Sortofadog Premium,ExMod 2000-03 join:2000-05-11 Chicago, IL | Re: Free Really Isn't You put it there didn't you?
Do you use the same account for email? If so, it should be the same password as the email password for that account. -- Toolmaster of La Grange. | |
|  |  |  BF69
join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN | Does this apply to former bellsouth cusomters too or like eveything else at&t does bellsouth customers are only at&t customers in name only and pricing and services don't apply to BS customers. | |
|  |  jtackett
join:2000-11-02 Atlanta, GA
| Re: Does this apply to According to the following website »www.att.com/gen/general?pid=5949
*AT&T Wi-Fi Basic and Premier Subscription Services are not yet available in Connecticut, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee."
Sounds like bellsouth.net customers are not included in the "free" offer. | |
|  |  |  BF69
join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN
| Re: Does this apply to said by jtackett :According to the following website » www.att.com/gen/general?pid=5949*AT&T Wi-Fi Basic and Premier Subscription Services are not yet available in Connecticut, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee." Sounds like bellsouth.net customers are not included in the "free" offer. No matter. Around 20 of the closest locations to me are McDonald's and they offer free wi-fi to EVERYONE anyways. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  BF69
join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN
| Re: Does this apply to said by NetFixer :said by BF69 :No matter. Around 20 of the closest locations to me are McDonald's and they offer free wi-fi to EVERYONE anyways. Some McDonald's franchises "roll their own" WiFi access, and those are usually free to the general public. The McDonald's franchises that use AT&T/Wayport connections require either AT&T or Wayport login credentials, or a credit card to get access. According to the at&t website my local McDonald's is part of their wi-fi network. I also know for a FACT that my local McDonald's offers FREE wi-fi to EVERYONE.
From at&t website
McDonald's 11342 106 Hwy 641 N Camden, TN 38320-1328 SSID: attwifi AT&T Wi-Fi
»attwifi.know-where.com/attwifi/c···ce=38320 | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  jtackett
join:2000-11-02 Atlanta, GA | Re: Does this apply to Look at the bottom of the page... next to athe asterik | |
|  |  |  |  |   NetFixer Freedom is not free Premium join:2004-06-24 Murfreesboro, TN
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edit: January 23rd, @02:08PM
| Re: Does this apply to said by jtackett :Look at the bottom of the page... next to athe asterik Yes, now I see it, but that only applies to the standalone AT&T Wi-Fi Basic and Premier Subscription Services, not to the free WiFi service which is automatically available to qualified AT&T DSL customers, and the former BellSouth area DSL customers are indeed able to use the free WiFi access.
You apparently overlooked this quote which is near the middle of the page, just next to the Order Now link (FYI, Fast Access branded DSL service is only available in the former BellSouth area):
(FREE to AT&T High Speed Internet Pro and Elite customers, Fast Access DSL Xtreme and Xtreme 6.0 customers, and AT&T U-verse customers WITH NO ORDERING REQUIRED!) That quote still implies that only Fast Access DSL Xtreme customers get the free WiFi access, but I suspect that is only because that page (as well as the Fast Access order page) has not yet been updated to include Fast Access DSL Ultra customers. -- We can never have enough of nature. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander. Test your firewall. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  jtackett
join:2000-11-02 Atlanta, GA | Re: Does this apply to Thanks.. indeed I missed that. | |
|  |  |  jhaygood86
join:2005-03-01 Marietta, GA | I've used my bellsouth.net account in Detroit before no problem. It does work for FastAccess Xtreme 3.0 customers and higher. | |
|  |  |   ATT SE tech
@charter.com
| Actually this is OLD news. If you are a legacy or new BellSouth customer with 3M or 6M service the AT&T WiFi hotspots are included.
When this came out a few months ago I tried (sucessfully) to attach myself at a McDonalds as well as a Barnes & Noble with no issues. Just pick the domain name "bellsouth.net" when authenticating to the AP, and you're good to go.
I suppose the only difference is that with AT&T DSL service you start getting free access at 1.5M whereas if you were legacy/new AT&T SE you start at 3M requirement for free WiFi access. Try it and see. This is OLD OLD news. | |
|  |  the_dan
join:2007-06-25 Kelowna, BC | great, now they can look at your packets on the go! | |
|   anonfx
@sbcglobal.net | old news Uhm. Old news. I've been using it for some time now. How about the "free" LaunchCast premium that goes with AT&T DSL? Did ya know about that? Try logging into LaunchCast with your AT&T address and password. | |
|  |  patcat88
join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY | Re: old news I dont see much of the point of the "plus" vs "free" Launchcast, only a few more radio channels. Any other features of ATT DSL that would make the service less painful/more value for your money? | |
|   IIIBradIII Comm M-E-L Instr
join:2000-09-28 Greer, SC | Where's the love? No love for Bellsouth customers. Why did we merge again? | |
|  |  Rhanlav Dook?
join:2005-01-28 Jacksonville, FL | Re: Where's the love? Because some board members needing some big fat money? | |
|  |  o2cool8
join:2002-04-19 Miami, FL | I been using ATT Wifi at Barnes and noble in Miami, FL since last year and I have bell south. works just fine, like others said, all you need to do is login with your dsl login and password. | |
|  |  |   IIIBradIII Comm M-E-L Instr
join:2000-09-28 Greer, SC
| Re: Where's the love? said by o2cool8 :I been using ATT Wifi at Barnes and noble in Miami, FL since last year and I have bell south. works just fine, like others said, all you need to do is login with your dsl login and password. Hmmm, ok I'll try it. Off I go to find a hotspot... | |
|  |  |  bennor
join:2006-07-22 New Haven, CT
| What about the states where this service was not available? Anyone know if the following states that are listed as not available on the main ATT WiFi page will be included in this (the PR page doesn't mention it)...
"*AT&T Wi-Fi Basic and Premier Subscription Services are not yet available in Connecticut, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee."
Or are we serfs located in those states still the red headed step children and not allowed to partake in this new free wifi goodness that ATT is offering?  | |
|  patcat88
join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY
| what could be Yawn, I am sitting in the nice 125000000 nm glow of "Premier Wifi" as I type this. It would be helpful right now with a file im uploading on ATT DSL, which is slow as hell, and upload speed gets cut in 1/2 anytime I click a hyperlink. Could load the other parts of the file on another computer next to me, plug in wifi USB adaptor, and double my upload, but alas.
(Its a roaming parter thats glowing on me BTW, listed as Premier on website, means I can't access it, don't feel like paying more, only free wifi places near me would be Mcdonalds'es many blocks/miles away) | |
|   unhg
join:2002-05-03 Cleveland, OH | Just wondering...
Can you use PSP to login to att wifi? | |
|  stridr69
join:2003-05-19 San Luis Obispo, CA | Thank You... ..ATT. Appreciate the service. Now I have BOTH T-Mobile's HotSpot service and ATT's service. Although ATT's WiFi is WAY slower than T-mobile's offerings. Speed it up, ATT!  | |
|  Airwolf7 Premium join:2004-12-12 Franklin, KY
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edit: January 24th, @03:39AM
| FastAccess DSL Xtreme & Xtreme 6.0 Free Wi-Fi Basic. FastAccess Wi-Fi Basic. |
Just in case anybody is confused former BellSouth customers have not been left out in the cold.
If you have FastAccess DSL Xtreme 3.0 or FastAccess DSL Xtreme 6.0 you get free Wi-Fi Basic included with your service.
This link below corresponds with the Wi-Fi Basic link in the highlighted area in the screen capture above. »www.att.com/gen/general?pid=5949#getstarted | |
|  patcat88
join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY
edit: January 24th, @03:53AM
| lies Its not available in CT, it wasn't the last press release, its not this press release. LIES LIES LIES! ATT is the local phone company for the entire state BTW. BS, there is no reason why in one state you can use ATT wifi, and the other you can't. This is just a press release they will get mirrored and printed in newspapers and news websites a million times, meanwhile ATT execs are laughing their ass off, that they don't actually provide the service in 1/2 their territory.
EDIT: quote: *AT&T Wi-Fi Basic and Premier Subscription Services are not yet available in Connecticut, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
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