Date:         Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:58:51 -0600
Reply-To:     Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Internet while underway
                                           
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Entity Frank Condelli spoke thus:

>> Hey! Why  do you get to pay $20 a month when I get it for  free???
>
> Yes, so how do you get it for free ?   Please give us all the details !  When
> I try to log on to the Flying J  connection it asks for an account & password
> which you have to pay to  get.

Run some software called "Stumbler", as you drive around it lists all access
points found and will even speak them to you. It should tell you if the AP
is "WEP protected", if it's not protected it's open to the public. I find
that about 20% of them are open. If you have GPS it will even list the
geographic location of the signal.
This solution works well in town, but when on the open road is obviously
useless. The trick is to scan for WiFi while driving around anyway, and do
your internet opportunistically. After a while you get good at it.

-- Gnarlie