My own XO (running 801) had connected to that free AP when I
visited some days ago -- as far as I could tell, today it immediately
re-connected when I booted it. But the XOs of two other persons
(both running 801) were unable to connect when the icon for the
free AP was clicked on in
Met with some XO owners at an establishment. The location had a
multitude of APs (the most sensitive XO saw more than a dozen) -
most of them locked. The establishment itself had an open AP to
which none of the XOs were able to connect - probably because
nm-tool showed that AP to be on