"a3howard" <[email protected]> wrote: >I've been looking for hotspots using http://www.myhotspots.co.uk/ and notice >that many of them list the provider as BT. does this mean that a BT account is >required? > >Any suggestions appreciated.
Wetherspoon pubs and Macdonalds mostly now have free wifi (some other businesses do too, pubs especially) . Most other hotspots are now (still) charged for, and often at unattractive rates unless you have a subscription. Each provider seems to have its own deal. For example, when I inquired earlier this year, I found that if you get T-Mobile mobile broadband, you get free use of all T-Mobile's network of hotspots (e.g. at some airports). I've found that on-line hotspot lists aren't worth bothering with. They are always incomplete, and in my experience a lot of their entries are often obsolete. You can still occasionally find open private hotspots occasionally, if you wander round with a hotspot detector (e.g. Canary -- matchbox size). However, most are now secured. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
