Free WiFi Access Points

Hi
I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that can
give me that info?
Jonny

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:49:16 GMT, "Jonny Moore"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
>points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that can
>give me that info?

Here you go!

http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com



Regards,
Paul Smith
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Jonny Moore wrote:
> Hi
> I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
> points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that
> can give me that info?
> Jonny

You are much much better off with wifi finder software on a laptop or PDA.
Unfortunately, *ANY* site/list is usually way wrong, and way out of date. I
usually find thousands more sites that aren't listed in a given area. I have
installed many, 8 of which have been running for at least 3 years, and not a
single one is on the list. Of course, almost every list I have seen wants
MONEY from the person with a Hotspot to be listed. I don't know of a whole
lot of people with a free Hotspot that ALSO want to pay some company for a
listing. Note, they are free to use, but cost money to be Listed.

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:04:35 -0800, "Peter Pan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Jonny Moore wrote:
>> Hi
>> I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
>> points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that
>> can give me that info?
>> Jonny
>
>You are much much better off with wifi finder software on a laptop or PDA.
>Unfortunately, *ANY* site/list is usually way wrong, and way out of date. I
>usually find thousands more sites that aren't listed in a given area. I have
>installed many, 8 of which have been running for at least 3 years, and not a
>single one is on the list. Of course, almost every list I have seen wants
>MONEY from the person with a Hotspot to be listed. I don't know of a whole
>lot of people with a free Hotspot that ALSO want to pay some company for a
>listing. Note, they are free to use, but cost money to be Listed.
>
just to follow up...netstumbler is one that works with alot of Windows
cards.
http://www.netstumbler.com/

f/f george wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:04:35 -0800, "Peter Pan"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Jonny Moore wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi
>>> access points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a
>>> site that can give me that info?
>>> Jonny
>>
>> You are much much better off with wifi finder software on a laptop
>> or PDA. Unfortunately, *ANY* site/list is usually way wrong, and way
>> out of date. I usually find thousands more sites that aren't listed
>> in a given area. I have installed many, 8 of which have been running
>> for at least 3 years, and not a single one is on the list. Of
>> course, almost every list I have seen wants MONEY from the person
>> with a Hotspot to be listed. I don't know of a whole lot of people
>> with a free Hotspot that ALSO want to pay some company for a
>> listing. Note, they are free to use, but cost money to be Listed.
>>
> just to follow up...netstumbler is one that works with alot of Windows
> cards.
> http://www.netstumbler.com/

Just out of curiosity, does it work on cards sold/used outside the US? I
don't know if it does or not.

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:04:58 -0800, "Peter Pan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>f/f george wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:04:35 -0800, "Peter Pan"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Jonny Moore wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi
>>>> access points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a
>>>> site that can give me that info?
>>>> Jonny
>>>
>>> You are much much better off with wifi finder software on a laptop
>>> or PDA. Unfortunately, *ANY* site/list is usually way wrong, and way
>>> out of date. I usually find thousands more sites that aren't listed
>>> in a given area. I have installed many, 8 of which have been running
>>> for at least 3 years, and not a single one is on the list. Of
>>> course, almost every list I have seen wants MONEY from the person
>>> with a Hotspot to be listed. I don't know of a whole lot of people
>>> with a free Hotspot that ALSO want to pay some company for a
>>> listing. Note, they are free to use, but cost money to be Listed.
>>>
>> just to follow up...netstumbler is one that works with alot of Windows
>> cards.
>> http://www.netstumbler.com/
>
>Just out of curiosity, does it work on cards sold/used outside the US? I
>don't know if it does or not.
>
Go to the web site and look under forums, one of the first items is
what cards does it work with.
It works with my US versions of D-Link, UsRobotics and Linksys
notebook cards. I have both B and G cards and it just works.

f/f george wrote:

>>>>
>>> just to follow up...netstumbler is one that works with alot of
>>> Windows cards.
>>> http://www.netstumbler.com/
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, does it work on cards sold/used outside the
>> US? I don't know if it does or not.
>>
> Go to the web site and look under forums, one of the first items is
> what cards does it work with.
> It works with my US versions of D-Link, UsRobotics and Linksys
> notebook cards. I have both B and G cards and it just works.

Saw that before, tried it, remembered it only worked with some cards I had,
and not with the built in WiFi on two of my laptops, but I went a different
direction (and to me better, cause it works with all cards I have, but only
works with XP/2000/Tablet PC). Got WiFi finder *AND CONNECT* software
(something the free stuff won't do) for under $20, uses windows stuff
instead of specific stuff for cards, and works with all cards. (software is
Winc, free trial for 30 days, download it at http://www.cirond.com/ also
have PocketWinc for those that have PDA's <-- really cool)

>>>> or PDA. Unfortunately, *ANY* site/list is usually way wrong, and way

Someone has to pay to host the lists, and maintain the lists.
There are some that keep up with submissions, but it's a big task.
Not much money in free wifi, nor the lists of them.

>>> just to follow up...netstumbler is one that works with alot of Windows
>>> cards.
>>> http://www.netstumbler.com/
>>
>>Just out of curiosity, does it work on cards sold/used outside the US? I
>>don't know if it does or not.

Netstumbler works with a lot more cards on WinXP than on earlier versions.
NetStumbler is handy for mapping an area. You might have NetStumbler and a
GPS in your car, and just drive around. That would give you an idea of
what spots are available, and you can plot them on mapping software like MS
Streets & Trips, or Delorme Street Atlas.

If you just want to see what's available, and connect to an open WAP, or
manage a set of profiles for closed WAPs, the free tool from www.boingo.com
will do that quite handily, with a broader range of cards than NetStumbler,
on older Windows as well as WinXP. It has no mapping or GPS, although it
does have a directory of known hotspots, mostly commercial.

WindowsXP with Service Pack 2 alone will find and manage multiple WAPS much
better than earlier Windows versions. It might not update the list of
available networks as rapidly as Boingo, so if you are driving around, just
trying to find a spot, either NetStumbler or Boingo will help out there.
For just connecting to spots that are available from where you are,
WindowsXP-SP2 is just fine.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

Thanks for the website Paul. However, the emphasis in my post should have
been on the word "free", this site appears to be for those one has to pay
for :-(

"Paul Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:49:16 GMT, "Jonny Moore"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
>>points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that can
>>give me that info?
>
> Here you go!
>
> http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Paul Smith
> (E-Mail Removed)

"Jonny Moore"
| Hi
| I'm yet another newbie & and have trawled the web for free wifi access
| points in the UK without any success. Can anyone suggest a site that can
| give me that info?
| Jonny

http://www.jiwire.com/