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join:2002-06-21
Maumelle, AR | Re: Pretty nice deal. 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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AJ5TT
join:2003-08-17
Friendswood, TX
| 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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join:2002-10-05
Hesperia, CA
| Re: Pretty nice deal. "Re: Pretty nice deal.
Verizon has been doing this for free in NYC for almost two years now. All residential Verizon DSL customers get free access to Verizons citywide wifi network. Now if only dsl was anyhwere near as good, reliable, or fast as cable I might actually switch....." wifi4milez
Um.. well I have sbc Dsl and am synced at 6016/608 for $45 a month and get a steady 5100/520+ and have have had only one unscheduled outage in 8 months( think a car shaved a pole or hit a box).. compared to my Charter Cable( insert laughter here) which was always on the fritz had terrible support and was never near the advertised speeds.. | |
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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: | Re: Nice... 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 | Re: Nice... Beat me again............... | |
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drmorley
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-20
Park Ridge, IL
clubs: | No service at O'hare?!? I spend way to much time sitting in airports so if they actually starting service most of the major airports I might actually sign up for something like this. | |
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Mega DETH
It's All About The Ping
join:2003-08-20
Watertown, WI | Re: Nice... 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 | Re: Nice... 150 feet. | |
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join:2003-11-07
Carol Stream, IL
| Re: Nice... 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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Mega DETH
It's All About The Ping
join:2003-08-20
Watertown, WI
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Re: Nice... 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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join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN | 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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kmac1
Off in new directions
Premium,VIP
join:2001-06-07
Port Neches, TX
| Re: Nice... That range also depends alot on signal inteferors, so I would say you should have more than a block in "most" open areas with the 7db. I have a 5db hooked up to a 2Wire PC card, which is an Orinoco clone and can easily pick a signal up in the 1/4-1/3 mile range. | |
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lawilson2
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Chicago, IL | 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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join:2001-06-01
Plymouth, MI | Re: Nice... 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 | Re: Nice... Ditto. Just sits there spinning and trying to connect... | |
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lawilson2
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Chicago, IL
| Re: Nice... 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
| 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.
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.
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Furious bEz
fg-c.com
Premium
join:2003-08-13
Los Angeles, CA | 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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gdm
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | Re: Nice... You don't need the software to use freedom link it just makes it easier to find hotspots from my understanding. | |
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DrewCapu
Giant Diehard
join:2001-12-19
California
clubs: | And for those who aren't reading the links, it'll be free until April 15, 2005. I guess that means that SBC Park will continue to have it at no charge (at least for those who also have DSL) through the first homestand. | |
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Furious bEz
fg-c.com
Premium
join:2003-08-13
Los Angeles, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: No charge until April 15, 2005 Exactly!
I called Freedom Link Cust Serv. regarding the slow server for Hotspots. They stated server reconfigs as the cause for redirect errors.
After verifying my SBC Account status, he went on to state that the promotion is FREE to SBC users, otherwise the $1.99 fee will not be available until after April 2005. | |
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steevio
Saving Lives One Shift At A Time
join:2003-06-22
Valencia, CA | Where is the $1.99 dudes? I have an overly excited finger just itching to sign up!
But, where the heck is the offering?
When will they make it public?
Come on, come on, open, open, open, open..... | |
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bspape2
join:2004-07-12
Lake Zurich, IL | BroadbandAccess Sounds like a competitive response to BroadbandAccess (1xEV-DO) that Verizon Wireless is starting to offer. 1xEV-DO is not limited to hotspots or a 150 feet with typical speeds of 300-500 kbps, capable of reaching speeds up to 2 Mbps!! | |
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bklynite
Premium
join:2001-03-18
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:
| Re: BroadbandAccess said by bspape2 :
Sounds like a competitive response to BroadbandAccess (1xEV-DO) that Verizon Wireless is starting to offer. 1xEV-DO is not limited to hotspots or a 150 feet with typical speeds of 300-500 kbps, capable of reaching speeds up to 2 Mbps!!
Not at all. Verizon has Wi-Fi access for its DSL customers in NYC. BroadbandAccess/NationalAccess is a $70/month Verizon Wireless (the connection between VZW and Verizon is very small) and is really more for business people.
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spie34
Hmm
Premium
join:2004-01-06
Boise, ID
| why> I can understand like at the airports or hotels and such but for a person to have it so they can go downtown and be online? don't understand that really. i rather be out doing something other than sitting somewhere and surfing the web. but for business people that travel all the tiem I see that to be of great benefit.
oh and UPS? maybe for pdas I can see that reasoning but anything else? hey what are you doing today? gonna hang out at UPS so I can surf the web. Cool dude lets go j/k | |
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mojito8
Premium
join:2004-06-01
Fremont, CA | where in California? I'm not sold yet. SBC has a habit of leaving out those of us on the west coast. | |
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Tommy B
@pacbell.n | Question Can a SBC customer on list swing by a UPS store & see if it works? Supposedly it's working now, without signing up; I wonder if that's true. (Logon w/current SBC ID & password.) | |
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kmac1
Off in new directions
Premium,VIP
join:2001-06-07
Port Neches, TX
| Re: Question Yes, it works, at least for me.
But I'm still never without a hotspot while I run my external anteanne and a "certain" program to find them!
Even now, back in the field, I'm still "connected" to the Net about 60% of the time. | |
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