Hi, I tried what you suggested. It was worth a shot. When I entered my Yahoo DSL account information, I failed to authenticate. My DSL is in Pasadena. I am trying from Sacramento. Is it possible there are multiple authentication servers? Maybe in Pasadena, I could log in, but I can't in Sacramento.
I tend to believe I need an account to get nationwide access. Any idea what is required? Raymond Lem Cell: (626)372-5359 ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Pusateri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 2:51:47 PM Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: AT&T Gives Free Access to Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network Today, I was at a McDonald's where they have wifi, in fact, AT&T is the provider. At home I have DSL through AT&T (was PacBell...) and I used that username and password to login. It gave me internet access no problem. I didn't have to contact anyone or register anywhere, it just worked. -Michael Raymond Lem wrote: > Hi, > I have DSL Pro. I looked at the www.attwifi.com > <http://www.attwifi.com>. It seemed to indicate you did not need to > order it on one page. Then I went to another page, and it indicated I > did not have the wifi service. I called ATT customer service. They > told me the free ATT wifi offer was effective July 1, 2007 for new > customers. I was an old customer and had to pay $1.99. I asked the rep > to sign me up. She said go sign up at the website. It's only $1.99 a > month, but it seems to me I should get it free. Has anybody been down > this road and gotten them to waive the $1.99? > > Raymond Lem > Cell: (626)372-5359 > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Frank Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 6:06:38 AM > Subject: [SOCALWUG] AT&T Gives Free Access to Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network > > > > http://wifinetnews.com/archives/007751.html > > AT&T Gives Free Access to Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network > 11:24AM 7/2/07 > > Company Delivers Free Wi-Fi Connectivity to Nearly 10,000 Hot Spots > Nationwide; Adds Greater Value and Mobility for AT&T Broadband Experience. > > AT&T Inc. today announced that millions of its customers with higher > speed broadband plans can now receive free access to AT&T's nationwide > Wi-Fi network -- nearly 10,000 hot spots at popular locations across the > country including leading airports, McDonalds restaurants, Barnes & > Noble bookstores, coffee shops and popular sporting venues. > > With the proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices including, most > recently, the iPhone but also laptops, wireless music systems and PDAs, > consumers are increasingly looking for on-the-go Internet connections. > As the nation's premier provider of broadband service and with the > nation's largest Wi-Fi network, AT&T offers consumers more high speed in > more places. > > Effective now, qualifying new and existing residential and small > business AT&T broadband customers instantly benefit from the free > unlimited Wi-Fi connectivity at company hot spots. Qualifying AT&T > broadband packages include: AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro (up to > 3.0 Mbps downstream), AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Elite (up to 6.0 > Mbps downstream), FastAccess Xtreme (up to 3.0 Mbps downstream) and > FastAccess Xtreme 6.0 (up to 6.0 Mbps downstream). > > "Consumers are increasingly demanding anytime, anywhere connectivity, > and AT&T is uniquely able to deliver on their need for mobility, whether > it's broadband or wireless services," said Rick Welday, chief marketing > officer, AT&T Consumer. "Providing customers with more high speed access > in more places also gives us a competitive edge because we're able to > offer an on-the-go broadband experience that cable can't match." > > In related news, AT&T also announced two new offers which allow > residential customers to experience Wi-Fi benefits in the comfort of > their own home -- still free of charge and free of wires when using an > AT&T Wireless (Wi-Fi) Gateway. > > The AT&T Wireless Gateway enables residential broadband customers to > roam -- untethered -- throughout virtually any room in the home and > receive fast access to the Web using multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices. > Hundreds of thousands of AT&T broadband customers already have home > Wi-Fi gateways; AT&T ships an average of nearly 7,000 a day. > > The new residential gateway offers include: > > -- A free wireless gateway, after mail-in rebate or instant credit, for > AT&T wireless customers who order new AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet > Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 broadband service. > The offer is now available in select AT&T retail and dealer locations. > > -- Beginning July 6, new orders placed online for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed > Internet Pro or Elite, or new FastAccess Xtreme or Xtreme 6.0 will > qualify for a free wireless gateway after mail-in rebate or instant > credit. > > New broadband customers will immediately benefit from the free Wi-Fi > offer upon signing up for the qualified broadband plans at an AT&T > retail store, online at http://www.att.com/ or through a company call > center. Wi-Fi connectivity will be activated once customers receive > their new broadband service and complete both the setup and the > registration process as a new customer. Existing AT&T broadband > customers who already subscribe to qualifying speed packages can > immediately log in to AT&T Wi-Fi hot spots, at no charge, by using the > master account user name and password created for their broadband service. > > AT&T is the premier provider of broadband service, with 12.9 million > broadband lines in service as of the first quarter of 2007, with the > nation's largest Wi-Fi network. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
