Thought this might be of interest to the folks who are looking for WIFI resources around the country. Also, for those who want to be able to speak with friends/family from whereever you might be ... you might want to consider getting your amateur radio operator's license. Contact one of your local ham radio clubs to receive training and to take the exam or visit www.arrl.net to identify ham clubs throughout North America where you can receive training and take the exams. And, if you hear N1PDL ranging across the ham bands ... give a shout and say HI there Westy from Vermont. SamC Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: Fw: Wireless (WIFI) Resource-Nationwide This came in from a ham radio friend here in Vermont who travels the east coast a lot ... He sent this along in response to my forwarded note about Starbucks' wireless installations at each of their North American sites. Another person wrote to say that one has to purchase a starbucks product in order to acquire an access card to use their service. She also wrote recommending community libraries as free wireless services. SamC Sam, You might want to share this with your friends. When I travel, I use these websites (Google for more) to find "free" or "pay" WIFI sites http://www.jiwire.com or http://www.wififreespot.com http://mobile.yahoo.com/wifi Drive down any neighborhood. Most people do not shut off the broadcast feature on their home WIFI. In Burlington, Adelphia checks the student ghetto, to suggest and show how, to shut off this feature. Most tell them to go to hell and let their neighbors have free internet. |
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