From: "Randall Shimizu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The one caveat is that the hotels and a few coffehouses have a roaming
charge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Shimizu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [sdw2003] SBC Freedom link
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:02:05 -0800
>
> Today I was checking into SBC Freedom Link and I discovered that
> they are offering their wireless internet service for $1.99 a
> month for existing SBC DSL customers (Hope this does not sound like
> ad. no benefit for me).
>
> This is really what I have been waiting for. I work all over San
> Diego and I don't like having to backtrack home especially with the
> high gas prices.Awhile back SBC was talking about offering this
> service. The wifi service is available at 96 locations in San
> Diego. SBC has hotspots at some McDonalds and at a lot of the Mail
> box's etc. They also have wifi at hotels as well. .
>
> The only downside is that there is not a lot of hotels that have
> the service. There is only 19 hotels in SD that have the service.
> The other minor issue is that McDonalds and Barnes & Nobles have
> virtually no outlets to plug into. The really great thing is that
> there wifi service available in a lot of places for SBC.
In general, I've had bad experiences with SBC. My suggestion is if they
make you sign a contract, you probably don't want this.
Gabe
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