"iPhone News" <invalid@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> AT&T is now offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. After joining
> the hotspot, iPhone users have encountered a specially formatted iPhone
> page requiring their mobile number to verify a valid AT&T account.
>
> Once authenticated, users can then access the Wi-Fi freely at any number
> of AT&T hotspots, including those at Starbucks and Barnes and Noble.

Do iPhone owners get to use the hotspot service ontheir laptops as well, or
only on their iPhones?

T-Mobile offers a similar service to their customers- any T-Mobile customer
who subscribes to the $20/month "Total Internet" package gets free access at
any T-Mobile hotspot for any of their WiFi-enabled devices; phones, laptops,
etc. Through a contractual obligation with AT&T that covers the next few
years, this also includes the Starbucks Hotspots which recently
transisitioned from T-Mobile to AT&T.

It seems both "free WiFi" plans have the same underlying purpose- to
"apologize" for lack of 3g! ;-)