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Find Free WiFi Spots!

After reading about Prepaid WiFi, the next natural question is "what about free WiFi spots?"! Free WiFi connection service has been expanding rapidly across the U.S. and across the world. Many stores, shops, restaurants, hotels, etc. claim to have free Wi-Fi, however, there's often that nagging small print with specific requirements, exceptions, and clauses. The most natural question then becomes where can you find truly free WiFi?

I was thinking of creating a directory listing to help people find free locations. However, when I started my research, I realized that there are already a number of services that offer really great resources for this information. One of the objectives of this site is to provide truly useful and original content, as opposed to simply duplicating what others have already provided. So, I decided that it would be helpful to share some of these resources here. It should save you some time doing general research on the search engines!

Resource	Notes
OpenWiFiSpots	Can search by address, or browse by U.S. city/state Good interactive map displaying locations Only lists 100% free hot spots Allows users with first-hand experience to add and remove locations
Wi-Fi FreeSpot	Can browse by U.S. state or by country Has specialty listings such as Airports, Hotel, Motel, Inns, RV parks & campgrounds, vacation rental properties
Wi-Fi Map	Allows you to browse free WiFi connection points by U.S. state Visitors can add and remove locations via a submission process
Free WiFi for the Holidays	A Google service that lists (+ map) airports that have free public WiFi as well as Virgin America flights Not sure if this site will continue to be up as it notes that it's for the holidays
Makayama	PC application that is more efficient at finding free WiFi hotspots Only works on Windows XP and Windows Mobile, not Vista or Windows 7

Do free WiFi spots signal the end of prepaid WiFi?
With the expansion of free WiFi connection points, there are many people who believe that over time (a number of years), we'll be able to have continuous free WiFi access everywhere where you live and work! If that becomes the case, then there wouldn't be any need for prepaid Wi-Fi. That said, although I believe that free access everywhere is inevitable, it will be quite some time before we can rely on free access everywhere. Of course, if you truly want mobile wireless Internet access everywhere, Prepaid Wireless Internet is your best bet.

Feel free to contribute!
If you've used any of the services above, and have any feedback (good or bad!), please use the form below to share your experience with visitors to this page. Also, if there are services not listed that you believe are good resources to find free WiFi spots, please let us know, and include details about why you like it!