In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >2008/8/29 Martin Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Is it free wifi, or just free access to a BT pay portal? Now that I've >> got a HSPDA dongle I've not tried wandering around with a laptop to find >> free wifi. The Wetherspoons leaflet mentions "4: Users can now select >> their payment option". >> >> Could someone tell me that I'm wrong in thinking that free might be less >> free than one could expect it to be? > > >You are wrong in so thinking - and I think that must be a very old leaflet. > >Just switch your wifi on, open a browser and you will be taken to a >log-in screen. Enter the username 'Sponsored' and the password >'Service' (note the upper case initial letters but omit the ' marks). >You're then free to surf for free for as long as you like - or until >you run out of things to see, whichever comes quickest. > >Also applies at Lloyds No1 Bar. > >Most Macdonalds also have free wifi. No log-in - just switch on >your wifi, open your browser or mail client and you're away.
In which case I unreservedly apologise to Wetherspoons for thinking ill of them, The brochure, which I picked up only a few days ago, seems to suggest that payment might be required. I shall return post haste to their nearest establishment and do some surfing while drinking their very competitively priced drinks. Free wifi will not however attract me to a McNasty unless in extreme desperation. Wassail! -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk
