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so, since I have verizon fios service at home... I get nothing?

Hurry up... I'm tired of using edge when I am not near a hotspot (which unfortunately is often)

Cool! I guess I'll stick with AT&T;rather than switching to comcast internet.

This is absolutely great news! Another reason for staying with AT&T;. And thank goodness they took over Cingular. If this was still Cingular, we would have to pay for downloading. It is a pity that AT&T;has not reverted back to the old cell phone plans where incoming text messages were free.

Still, this is one more reason to buy an iPhone or something compatible with wifi.

rickw.

"I get nothing?"

"No WiFi for you!" -- WiFi Nazi

Seriously, you can get AT&T;'s WiFi service. You just have to pay a monthly fee. Only those who are giving AT&T;money for home broadband service get WiFi access for free.

Jan 23, 08 - 04:40 pm Comment from: NCMacMan

I was going to get this included with my upgrade to DSL 3.0 this last weekend. I did this because I am dropping Netflix and renting from the iTunes.

I don't have an AppleTV yet, but I plan on it. For now, I am connecting my iBook and Thinkpad to my LCD HDTV to play the rented movies -- which is really nice. I rented a movie last weekend for my kids. Within 10 seconds of beginning the download of the standard def movie, they were watching it. It worked flawlessly with no glitches or hiccups.

Oh, after the 24 hours, iTunes automatically deletes the rented movie from your hard drive. Another simple and easy to use interface from Apple. Got to love it!

I have been one of those higher-speed users with access to the ATT hotspots.


Have fun finding one. There are 10,000 out there, but I've only found a few near me (in a city with a population ~1.5 million) and none that are really convenient.

Jan 23, 08 - 04:44 pm Comment from: G4Dualie

we have ten wi-fi locations here in Yuma, including McDs and Barnes & Noble.

Oh My God. Its starting.

ATT gives us (if you use their broadband, and now why not?) free wi-fi. OUch

Apple shares start to rocket up.

To Peter: you're off.

AT&T;wireless customers who use Apple Inc.'s iPhone will now be able use their iPhones at hotspots for free if they are AT&T;broadband Internet subscribers.

go iphone!

coffee bean. i don't know how it is in other cities, but in los angeles they're all over the place.

that's where i get to for my free wireless when i'm not home. also as another user pointed out, mcdonald's has it too.

Normally, I try to keep it positive but I f***ing hate AT&T;. The service is awful. I was in KC a few months ago and quite literally couldn't get a data signal more than half the time. The cell service was almost as bad, dropping out several times in the middle of conversations or sometimes just not receiving any service at all. Things like this should not be happening in a major metropolitan area. Period. Add to that their questionable business activities such as their new plan to "filter" all the data that flows through their network and I'm almost ready to ditch the iPhone. Almost. I loooooooooooooooove it so much.

McDonald's, airports, Hotels(comfort inns), Barnes&Nobles;, etc.-tons of them located all over.

Jan 23, 08 - 05:15 pm Comment from: neomonkey

What's to prevent anyone from using their wireless hotspots, a password? If so, that'll be passed around almost immediately.

Jan 23, 08 - 05:19 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

Now AT&T;do something for for your wireless customers as well. Give me access so when I have to sit in the Atlanta airport I can get on-line with my Macbook for less than $12 for 30 minutes.

iPhone users should get this included, just like O2's UK customers get wifi hotspots included.

Jan 23, 08 - 05:44 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

You're a real asshole if you don't share your wifi. You're even worse if you charge for it.

Jan 23, 08 - 06:05 pm Comment from: doc

All ATT has to do is set content filters to filter out all or almost all content...

Jan 23, 08 - 06:45 pm Comment from: Jubei

Darn.. Too bad their fastest residential DSL is only 3 mbps. Switching would mean losing my 15 mbps speeds.

Jan 23, 08 - 07:55 pm Comment from: Zune Tang®

I understand that Microsoft is developing ad supported Wi-Fi (pronounced 'wee fee' in France). Users get full-screen ads in beautiful Silverlight format and they cannot be skipped. Ads last between 15 and 30 seconds long and run at 1 minute intervals. Hotspots include Waffle Houses, Shoneys and Deja Vu strip clubs everywhere. I can't wait.

Thank you, Microsoft for making the internet available free, for the rest of us.

Your potential. Our passion.™

Jan 23, 08 - 07:59 pm Comment from: TowerTone

This sounds like something that somebody was predicting someone would do sometime........

If only I could get a better cell for ATT! I find WiFi all over the place, but a good signal is hard to find. Sent this message from my iPhone via WiFi

Actually, when I got my iPhone last June I discovered an AT&T;wifi plan for DSL customers to get free wifi at all the hotspots for only $2 per month, or $24 per year - much lower than the $60 value quoted above. I've used it at MacDonalds, Cosi, some airports, etc...

This will be great news for the 1% of the population it will cover.

Jan 24, 08 - 12:52 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

I smell a conspiracy...

Perhaps Apple knew this was coming (and perhaps they know it's going to get much bigger very soon), and that was the reason they chose not to go 3G with the iPhone.