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Just about every McDonalds in the UK offers free WiFi all you need supply is name, e-mail and postcode. Just do Name = Ronald McDonald, e-mail = [email protected], post code = random post code or even ask for the restuarant post code.

Obviously you can provide your real details but as I have already tested on a regular basis this is totally unnecessary

You don't need to make a purchase either, you could sit in your car in the car park and surk to your hearts content. Just watch if you're looking at 'questionable' stuff....................

Spotted that Wetherspoons are offering free WIFI access for all - previously used to have to ask for a voucher or be given one with your pint & grub. - I'll try it out tomorrow lunchtime if I get the chance

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free wi-fi at the next end of silverburn. Might be handy for those spending a small fortune in coffee republic or costa also starbucks has a t-mobile hotspot

bilco8 wrote:Free Wifi on some buses now!

I love this so much!

I frequently travel between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and now all of the citylink coaches have free wi-fi. Means I can use the internet from my MacBook or my iPod, making the journey considerably more entertaining. Noticed quite a few iPhone users taking advantage of this.

Now you can surf wherever you can get a mobile signal. If you travel alot it might be worth a look in. In this particular deal you pay up a laptop along with the normal subscription fee. If you already have the kit then you'll pay alot less per month.

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Just a wee update - I've moved, and this weekend I'm moving all the radio and networking stuff out of my old flat. So, if you were using an open ap called "glasgownet" within about half a mile north of the Kingsway flats, you've got until teatime...

The Solid Rock on Hope St. has free WiFi as has John Moores around the corner.

I've treated myself to a T-Mobile dongle thingy - no more relying on the cafe across the road when I'm at work, a boon considering most of my job involves sitting around doing nothing!

Very easy to set-up to, just plug it in, load it up and that's pretty much you.

Only really use it in city centre, where the various mobile technologies used are fairly strong, so can't comment on how it is in outer areas - although I have used it at home in Cambuslang and it wasn't too bad.

Oh, and by default, it loads highly compressed graphics, for full quality graphics you need to also download an accelerator, something oddly not given very prominent mention (if at all!) in any of the documentation.

gap74 wrote:I've treated myself to a T-Mobile dongle thingy - no more relying on the cafe across the road when I'm at work, a boon considering most of my job involves sitting around doing nothing!

Very easy to set-up to, just plug it in, load it up and that's pretty much you.

Only really use it in city centre, where the various mobile technologies used are fairly strong, so can't comment on how it is in outer areas - although I have used it at home in Cambuslang and it wasn't too bad.

Oh, and by default, it loads highly compressed graphics, for full quality graphics you need to also download an accelerator, something oddly not given very prominent mention (if at all!) in any of the documentation.

Vodafone compress the graphics on their 3G broadband service too. Quite useful really, as it saves your bandwidth allowance. I'm still not entirely sure what happens if you exceed the bandwidth cap, but the sales guy said it would probably just be an angry letter from Vodafone. It's even fast enough to stream video on youtube. I find I seem to get good 3G coverage with the modem pretty much anywhere in the central belt (this is what the Citylink buses are using to provide the free wifi access on their coaches on the M8). Really impressed with Vodafone, in addition to decent Windows and Mac support they even have linux drivers available.

I tend to run it with the graphics at original quality, and to be honest, it's not blistering, but neither is it hugely slow. As for bandwidth, I found in the first month that I only used about 1.3Gb from my 3Gb allowance - to be honest, unless you're a huge filesharer or video downloader or the like, I can't see that being a huge problem - I use it for general surfing, with the odd large email attachment, and some fair Flickr and YouTube usage too.

Was originally sampling it with a view to ditching my landline and broadband at home, simply because I don't use my landline for anything other than broadband, and I detest BT! Jury is still out on whether it's a usable substitute.

dont know if its been mentioned, but National express trains has it free now, GNER who had the franchise prevoiusly charged you.

gap74 wrote:I tend to run it with the graphics at original quality, and to be honest, it's not blistering, but neither is it hugely slow. As for bandwidth, I found in the first month that I only used about 1.3Gb from my 3Gb allowance - to be honest, unless you're a huge filesharer or video downloader or the like, I can't see that being a huge problem - I use it for general surfing, with the odd large email attachment, and some fair Flickr and YouTube usage too.

Was originally sampling it with a view to ditching my landline and broadband at home, simply because I don't use my landline for anything other than broadband, and I detest BT! Jury is still out on whether it's a usable substitute.

I'm not convinced it's a suitable replacement... yet. Tech's still a bit immature, and not fast enough. This 4G LTE network stuff, supposing the UK networks actually invest in it, looks promising. 3GB is the same I get from Vodafone, which is not even close to enough to cover the monthly abuse our broadband line gets. If you like the BBC's iPlayer, or any streaming video for that matter, you'll quite easily eclipse the 3GB (a quick glance at my router reveals I'm 6GB down in the past 3 days). I find it's a great addition to a fixed broadband line though, and if your needs are the occasional light browse/shop/email/facebook etc I think you could quite easily ditch a landline.

scotgio wrote: if your needs are the occasional light browse/shop/email/facebook etc I think you could quite easily ditch a landline.

Not to quibble with that, but I am aware of a couple of public organisations that barred access to Facebook and Bebo by staff and found that 40-60% of their bandwidth was freed up instantly.

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Potential options for the 3G dongle user. I tried it, the content is basic but if you use it for the stuff that doesn't need heavy doors content then you're laughing

Josef wrote:

scotgio wrote: if your needs are the occasional light browse/shop/email/facebook etc I think you could quite easily ditch a landline.

Not to quibble with that, but I am aware of a couple of public organisations that barred access to Facebook and Bebo by staff and found that 40-60% of their bandwidth was freed up instantly.

Haha thats probably more to do with the staff spending all their time on it than any bandwidth issues! I bet productivity went up by a similar amount.