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! |
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