From: "Julian Thomas" Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 337886 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:59:58 -0400 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GL9BN-0002dA-JF for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:59:58 -0400 Received: from smtp.fltg.net ([208.20.35.3] helo=emerald.fltg.net) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GL9BN-0007Hr-3s for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:59:57 -0400 Received: from ASUS (fltg-dslttc1-30.fltg.net [208.31.47.161]) by emerald.fltg.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id k872KPA21019 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 22:20:25 -0400 Message-Id: <200609070220.k872KPA21019@emerald.fltg.net> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:51:30 -0400 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Hotspots: Play-for-Fee vs Play-for-Free X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v2.67/60 X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -0.4 (/) In , on 09/06/06 at 09:07 AM, "Neil Waldhauer" typed: >I can park my car anywhere in downtown Santa Cruz where I live and have >free access. This isn't intentional, but a result of so many cafe's with >powerful access points. >On longer trips, I'm finding that most cheap hotel rooms now include free >wifi, and many roadside rest stops now have free wifi. Many airports now >have free wifi. >My ISP is offering wifi to the local cafe's at a very low rate. Most of >them use that. It's so popular that most of them also restrict seating of >patrons with computers to before 6 PM. Nice that out there in California you have all these options. Most of us in rural areas in the east don't have a signal of any sort within 20 miles, and most of them are motels that are hardly free access points to non-customers. As far as I know, no New York Thruway rest areas are currently offering free wifi. OTOH, our housing costs are not out of sight and our wines are right up there with those from California. -- Julian Thomas: jt@jt-mj.net http://jt-mj.net In the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State! Warpstock X - October 12-15 2006; Windsor, Ont. I'll be there - will you? -- -- All computers wait at the same speed.