Date:         Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:54:14 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Free wireless in Phoenix?
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Hmm, maybe I stand corrected!  I'll have to check it out.  I've always found
AT&T wireless at Starbucks, not free stuff.

And this is my last on this subject till next Friday, I promise!



Joy



On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bernie <berniej@gmail.com> wrote:

> Starbucks does NOT have free wifi, never did. Their wifi is provided by
> AT&T and you have to have an account to use it.
>
>
> Well you could have fooled me. Just got back from 55 days in US
> where I constantly and consistently got free wifi and every Starubcks
> I visited. Same thing in Canada
>  You DO NOT need a AT &T account you need a Starbucks
> user name and password that you can easily get when you
> register a Starbucks card. As long as you have even 5 cents
> on the card you can get the free wif. Simply reload the card
> when it's empty to keep access to wifi. You don't have to do any follow
> up online when you add to your card.
> Free Wifi at Starbucks works for me!
>
> Bernie
> Vancouver
>
> I have just spend 55 days in California, Oregon, Washington and
> Ariz
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Starbucks does NOT have free wifi, never did.  Their wifi is provided by
>> AT&T and you have to have an account to use it.
>>
>> Truck stops do NOT have free wifi, you have to buy cards for their service
>> to use it.
>>
>> I don't know if McDonald's wifi is free, but why would you want to go
>> there?  No atmosphere.  Bad food.
>>
>> Panera does have free wifi.  Also good coffee and not-bad food.
>>
>> Libraries pretty much everywhere seem to have free wifi.  In small towns
>> they aren't open much, but Phoenix isn't a small town.  Some libraries
>> even
>> let you bring in your coffee!
>>
>> Caribou coffee has free wifi, but I don't know if they are in Phoenix.
>>
>> Cosi coffee (and food) has free wifi but last I tried it, you had to give
>> them your credit card info to use it, so I've never tried.
>>
>> Karl Wolz's house has wifi - be nice to him, and maybe he'll invite you
>> over.
>>
>> But since he snapped at you (that wasn't nice, Karl!), he's right.  To
>> find
>> free wifi anyplace, just google "free wifi placename" and you'll find a
>> list
>> of places.  Several lists, actually - it's worth looking at all of them
>> since the info is contributed by whoever feels like contributing, and may
>> not be complete.
>>
>> Often googling "coffee roasters placename" will also get you free wifi,
>> since the kind of coffeehouses that roast their own beans often provide
>> free
>> wifi as well.  If you like good coffee while using the wifi, that's a good
>> way to find it.
>>
>>
>> Free wifi is pretty easy to find almost everyplace these days.  No need to
>> pay for it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy (who uses free wifi everywhere!  well, except at home, where I pay for
>> it)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Katy Hahn <ahwahneevw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Truck stops were mentioned, in particular here in AZ the Flying Js
>> > will have WiFi.
>> >
>> > Geo
>> >
>>
>
>