Have you ever been in a tizzy and needed a FREE wireless hotspot to access if the need arose? Well, first off, if the need arose, you’d need to know where to look already, so this is more of a preplanned type thing. Me, I’d slap some of these locations into my Google Bookmarks or send myself an email with links so I could access these site later. But be as it may, here’s a few sites to ponder
This came about because one day, quite some time back, I had hit up a Starbucks thinking I was going to get a quick jolt of wireless caffiene. Instead, I actually had to pay a fee to access the internet.
This led me to look up some resources so I don’t ding myself with a surprise fee again!
Locating Free Wireless Access:
http://www.wififreespot.com – I like the simplicity this one has to offer. It’s a list where you can find the state you’re in, then scroll down or do a Ctrl-F to search for your town.
http://hotspotr.com/wifi – Loaded with 16,000+ hotspots fed by you, the community! Yes, it’s a community driven collection of locations. I slapped my city in there and Google Map pops up with all the information I need.
There are also user reviews of different places and the results have links that give you more in-depth details on each location.
I really like the feel of this site and it’s easy to use.
http://openwifispots.com – Loaded with 37,000+ hotspots.
This site, when I played with it, was a little cumberson. My query wasn’t understood but digging around got my limited results.
So much for 37,000+ hotspots. If they have them, well, I’d rather not by trying to decipher results, but just get my results.
In all fairness, I didn’t dig too hard, but then again, in the above sites, information was instantly available so why fight for it.
http://www.jiwire.com – Loaded with 290,ooo+ pay and free locations.
This website is first and foremost, an advertisers site with the additional function to search for wireless access locations.
When I did my specific search, I was provided with what I’d call a 90% success of lists. They missed a spot or two but the list works just fine.
The list though, did not distinguish free or not.
I liked HotSpotR and wififreespot because I didn’t have to decipher my results. The last 2 were a bit more convoluted but each site has it’s pro’s and con’s for what I wanted and your preferences may lead you to like something I don’t.
Either way, enjoy.
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Try http://www.acvila.net , users can add the hotspot directly on the map.