"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> "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.
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>> 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.
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> Do iPhone owners get to use the hotspot service ontheir laptops as well,
> or only on their iPhones?
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> 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.
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> It seems both "free WiFi" plans have the same underlying purpose- to
> "apologize" for lack of 3g! ;-)
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It's only for the iPhone. But if your a DSL user from AT&T you get free WiFi
from AT&T with your laptop.

Starbucks has only changed a few of there Hotspots over to AT&T. They expect
all there stores that offer WiFi to be switched over by the end of the year.
Here in town they have a UPS Store that already has AT&T WiFi and it's next
door to a Starbucks.

Edge in my town sucks bad. 60-80K speed.