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AT&T Brings the Free WiFi Love.

Posted by iphonefan

May 1, 2008 |

Back in February, I reported that AT&T and Starbucks were uniting for WiFi goodness, and that iPhone users would be able to use the WiFi hotspots at Starbucks for free sooner or later. Well, I checked my calendar, and apparently today is sooner.

Go out and find an AT&T hotspot. They can be found at Starbucks and many Barnes and Nobles. You should be able to connect via your iPhone for free. You will need to enter you wireless number for verification (this implies you must not have an unlocked iPhone and a valid AT&T account). The cool part about this is it opens up approximately 7000 additional hotspots across the nation for your iPhone browsing needs.

Is this AT&T’s way of prepping their network for the 3G iPhone? With so many free hotspots, it might very well reduce the load on their 3G networks. What ever their logic, I am glad their decision benefits me.


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