AT&T finally launches free WiFi for iPhone users
We have known about AT&T’s plan to provide free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users for some time, but news that it actually would become available was usually squashed by retractions. This time, however, it appears that AT&T is serious. The carrier is sending text messages to iPhone subscribers, pointing them to a web page that explains the free access to any of its 17,000 hotspots across the nation. The AT&T is finally allowing iPhone subscribers to access its 17,000 U.S. Wi-Fi hotspots free of charge. According to the company, users can connect to Wi-Fi access points at Starbucks Wi-Fi locations, airports, hotels, universities, conventions and sports centers, restaurants, bookstores and supermarkets. The long overdue offering significantly increases the usability of the iPhone since Wi-Fi typically provides faster data transfer rates than 3G (provided you aren’t trying to connect to an overcrowded airport hotspot on a Monday morning.)
“AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and free Wi-Fi is even hotter,” the carrier on a web page dedicated to Wi-Fi access. “Free AT&T Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks”. Accessing such a hotspot is fairly easy and requires users to simply activate Wi-Fi connectivity in the device’s Settings application and select “attwifi” from the list of wireless networks. Users have to enter their mobile phone number so that AT&T can send the secure link to the hotspot in a free SMS message.
Source: TG Daily
Comments(6)
cool ?
I guess.
How long before someone figures out how to spoof it?
think O2 in uk already has somethimg like this
called the cloud network
cloud network is like att’s 3g or any other u.s. 3g network, not wifi hotspots
O2 offer free wifi access with either the cloud or BT Open zone wireless hot spots.