Can you find the Wifi spots easily?

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@youless (112481)
Guangzhou, China
February 18, 2009 9:25am CST
Here in the department stores and some good restaurants, the Wifi connection is available. However, most of them set the password, including the Starbucks Therefore I can not access it. Today on my way home, I especially checked where there is the Wifi connection
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@victorywp (3524)
• United States
18 Feb 09
most of the wifi spots nowadays are password protected. so we have to buy something from them in order to get the wifi internet service. after your survey today, have you found any places with free wifi services?
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Feb 09
Yes, finally I found one free wifi connection. However, standing there seems to be odd
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@user_786 (1338)
18 Feb 09
It is not hard. There are many websites that list wifi spot locations. http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com/ is a good one and there are many more like this.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Feb 09
That's great, thanks
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
19 Feb 09
Hi youless, it is nice to learn that wifi services are available in the department stores and some restaurants in your place, so that it is more convenient for the people in your place to access internet connection via their cell phones, netbooks and laptops. Yeah, in my place wifi service is available easily in many places. The wifi service in Starbucks Coffee and KFC fast food restaurants here are free and they don’t need any password to access the service. One of the KFCs here even provides 24 hours service. There are still many restaurants as well as the Chinese tea chamber here too providing the wifi service, and of course all of them need password to get on the net. We can get the password when we become customers there. There are sockets on the wall for the convenient of the customers to get power source of the phones, netbooks and laptops. All customers are welcome to surf the net, no matter how little they spend there. I usually will visit the bakery café or the KFC which are quite near to my house in case my network service is down. I take 5 minutes or so to drive there. Happy posting and have a nice day.
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
19 Feb 09
Most of the restaurants in my place use the same password all the time. You could try to get it from your friends who have visited there before, or you might get on wifi service. It’s really interesting
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
Starbucks set password here, so I can not take advantage of it
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
19 Feb 09
Wi-Fi spots can be found everywhere. Question is whether we can access it or not. I know Macdonalds allow people to access their Wi-Fi. I am not sure about Starbucks. I know Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf allows it too. Even at major shopping centers and libraries, we have Wi-Fi access.
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
19 Feb 09
First of all, is the Wi-Fi available at Starbucks meant for public use? If not, it is not surprising if they set a password. I am sure there are other free spots that you can use to enjoy your new mobile! And I can see that you have been busy exploring all the features of the phone.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
The Starbucks nearby my home set a password for its wifi
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
27 Apr 09
I love Wifi spots very much because it is one of the coolest and best free connection ever and I love the fact that I can just use my cell and just reconnect almost anywhere and everywhere. I'm not sure about restaurants here in my country but for Starbucks, I love the connection so much; awesome! I know that discussion is a bit 3 months back, but I totally love it very much. I think that Wifi is one of the most coolest technology ever created. Good discussion here.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Apr 09
It is too bad that the Starbucks here set the password for their wifi connection.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
29 Apr 09
Man...that's really bad, I agree. Here it's free all the way.
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@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
19 Feb 09
maybe everywhere in germany but did not try that
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Feb 09
Hopefully you will have a chance to try it and let me know the result
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
20 Feb 09
it will takes a while till we are in Philippines.in germany no need we have internet in the house and very fast!!!
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
20 Feb 09
I can never find wifi connections it seems. I have wifi at home which is nice cause i can connect while my hubby or kids are on the comp.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Feb 09
Perhaps wifi will be much more popular in the future.
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
There are a lot of wifi hotspots here, its available in places like a hotel, restaurants, coffee shops and malls. There are some wifi spots that are secured thats why its asking a password while there are also some wifi spots that can be accessed even without any password.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Apr 09
That's a good news for me I can take advantage of it when I travel to your country
@silverglint (2000)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
In one of the malls here that we frequently go to, there in an entire wing that has WIFI, most of the coffee shops are there. If you don't have a budget to buy coffee, there is a corner near the gym there that you can sit and use your laptop. You will have to use it on battery though. If you want to be able to charge/ plug it then you will definitely have to go to one of the establishments, besides its more comfortable sitting on a couch or chair than just on the floor. Starbucks here has WIFI too, but they charge around $2 an hour, I duno why they do that, when there are so many other establishments that allow free WIFI as long as you order from them like Krispy Kreme or Burger King.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
It sounds very convenient and you can find the wifi connection easily.
• Hong Kong
19 Feb 09
There are many wifi spots around here but it seems that I don't get to use it very often *smiles*. I have an online plan with my phone and therefore I don't really care for wifi that much!
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
I know it's very convenient in your side
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
Hi youless! same here in our place. A lot of establishments have Wifi here but well, I never really tried availing such services whenever I am inside those establishments. take care and have a great day@ lovelots..faith
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
You shall try it, it's very interesting
@cahyorini (315)
• Indonesia
28 Apr 09
It's very hard and rarely in my country, and almost all of the hot spot is not free. The Spot only at the big mall and other large building
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Apr 09
Thanks for your response.
• Philippines
19 Feb 09
Hello there youless. Its very hard for me to find a wifi connection and yes some connections require a password, sometimes i just give it a try to give a password of "12345" or "123456" until it says okay. :)) give it a try. it works for me. :)
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
Hopefully they set such easy passwords
@jheLaichie (4438)
• Philippines
29 Apr 09
in our place., we have lots of wifi hotspots and we could always access it and thats so good...
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
29 Apr 09
That sounds so nice
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
19 Feb 09
wifi connection - wifi is something new to me. I have no idea about it.
Hello youless. Wifi is something new to me as I have no idea about it, but it seems that it has something to do with games, I guess. But anyway, it is good to hear that you have already found it out so far. Take care.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
I think your laptop can use Wifi to connect internet
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
18 Feb 09
youless, Where I come from our government is trying to let everyone be able to have wireless access across the whole country and accessing members will need to pay a one time charge monthly to their specific internet service providers for this roaming access. So, as a internet user we can always decide if we would like to have this service and I find it very practical especially one is on the move. However, the providence of wireless internet access infrastructures differ with countries and in yours I feel that as these accesses are not being provided by the internet service providers directly. These accesses are provided by business establishments to provide a value added service to their customers. So, these accesses are naturally password protected so as to ensure that users will be their customers and that there will be no abuse to their provided access. So, in my country 85% of the country has Wifi.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
18 Feb 09
I think it will be interesting to have a wifi world
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@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
19 Feb 09
When it comes to Wifi and broadband my country can be said to be still tottering instead of striding forward. Nevertheless there are free wifi spots provided by private and government agencies. Free private wifi connection is provided by certain restaurants and coffee shops. It is one way for them to get more customers to patronise their premises. I do not know whether this has helped to boost their income or not. Free government sponsored wifi connections are found at certain tourist locations. They put up banners around the area to inform the public. I have not tried any location yet so I do not know how good the connection is at each location. all the best, rosdimy
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
I know certain places such as the airport will have free wifi connection, but I am not sure about other public places.
@masata (408)
• Indonesia
18 Feb 09
If I am in the modern countries like Japan, Europe, or US, it is probably quite easy to find a wifi spot. It also becomes easier to find that in the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta. But in my hometown, it is quite difficult. We need to go to some schools that implement the Wifi system in their network. Sometimes, the traffic is just slow and it is annoying to surf the web.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Feb 09
Hopefully the wifi is without password. Otherwise even if we find it, we can't take advantage of it