 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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kudos:18 | Free WiFi is cool! Contrary to what some people have said in the past(No Names), WiFi for free is a good thing.
Whether its at a coffee shop, Panera bread, your local Public Library, the local pub/lounge, or where ever - it's great!
Not that I get out much anymore, but it's nice to sit with a laptop and cruise the web when you stop for coffee or commuting or something.
Waiting for the next train can get boring as hell!
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| Free WiFi sucks!
I have my own mobile service, ATT 3G. No security concerns, no wandering eyes and no needing to buy over priced milk lattes. |
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| don't have that problem when it comes from the ISP you get it included. |
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said by dadkins:Contrary to what some people have said in the past(No Names), WiFi for free is a good thing. Whether its at a coffee shop, Panera bread, your local Public Library, the local pub/lounge, or where ever - it's great! There's an auto center here that offers not only wifi, but they have a few laptops for use in the customer waiting area while your car is worked on.
They note this in their TV ads. I've often wondered if it draws customers ...
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said by ninjatutle:Free WiFi sucks! I have my own mobile service, ATT 3G. No security concerns, no wandering eyes and no needing to buy over priced milk lattes. Yeah but 5G/month cap?
I have Verizon EvDO but use free wifi where I can. |
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Tom's Tire does that in Toledo. They do the wifi and they advertise it. not sure about the laptops though. |
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Yes 5GB capage thanks to Verizon getting the trend started.
I watch my limit to about 200 MB a day when using, I don't use everyday. I could still surf all I want, watch some youtube and still not hit that cap. I do updates or any big file transfer when I am logged in at home or at the office. |
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said by dadkins:Contrary to what some people have said in the past(No Names), WiFi for free is a good thing. Whether its at a coffee shop, Panera bread, your local Public Library, the local pub/lounge, or where ever - it's great! Not that I get out much anymore, but it's nice to sit with a laptop and cruise the web when you stop for coffee or commuting or something. Waiting for the next train can get boring as hell! I find the hotspot phenomenon handy at both the dentist's office and also the auto dealership when waiting for car maintenance.
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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kudos:18 | reply to ninjatutle
FREE = FREE!
I have seen free wireless at 12-14mbps... what's AT&T 3G?
No worries about cutting into that monthly cap.
No need for an air card or USB modem.
Knock yerself out!
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| Knock yer self out surfing DSLR at 12GBs. Pretty much the same experience I am getting except your pages loaded yesterday while I'm still waiting.....  |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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kudos:18 | said by ninjatutle:Knock yer self out surfing DSLR at 12GBs. Pretty much the same experience I am getting except your pages loaded yesterday while I'm still waiting..... 12GBs? 
12mbps
Sitting at a hotspot, I can download 1-2GB videos and have no worries about some POS 5GB monthly cap.
Sit there doing things other than surfing webpages and I could blow through your 5GB without knowing it.
No thanks!
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| I'm sure the other patrons albeit it freeloaders, will be happy to know your slowing down everything with your Buffy the Vampire and Battlestar Galatica downloads.. |
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2 edits | said by ninjatutle:I'm sure the other patrons albeit it freeloaders, will be happy to know your slowing down everything with your Buffy the Vampire and Battlestar Galatica downloads.. LOL! Give it up ninja!
I suppose you never use or take anything that is offered for free.
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| No you give up.
Yes, I have 5GB to burn where ever I chose to. |
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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1 edit | You just have to take swings, don't you!
I have endless to burn where ever I wish - Bluetooth to my cell!
Not cheap, but there's no limit!
One would be dumb not to use freely offered *FASTER* WiFi and save on their paid for service.
»www.wififreespot.com/
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| Didkins, don't you ever think about anything other than taking movies from somewhere over the web and watching it on yer lil vaio?
People don't need 20gbs at every second of the day. I've been online all morning and only burnt 56mb. |
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ONOES!!1 | |
My screen name is dadkins and not didkins.
Second, if you were to expand your horizons, you would find that free *LEGAL* video is available many places.
Also, there are these things called "Rental Sites"! Imagine that, a site where you can rent movies. Amazing, aint it? 
Third, learn computer terminology and abbreviations.
WTF is 20gbs? 
My Comcast line speed is 17.3mbps(mbps means megabits per second), and I don't need to use it every second of the day.
Most people understand that faster means on and off because the download finished in a reasonable time.
Finally, don't hate on my VAIOs.
They are not little like your netbook, or your monthly cap, or whatever else you have that's little...
I have big things.
Save your money and maybe some day you can afford a VAIO too! 
I've been online since 5:30 AM and I'm already at 491MB(MB means Mega-Bytes)
Ah, email! It seems that I have a pending download waiting for me - it's a movie! You know movies, right? About to hit my connection for 1.4GB(GB means Giga-Bytes).
Is it ok with you if I download my new rental? 
Learning is fun! 
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
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kudos:18 | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Absolutely!
Waiting in the doctor's office can be a total drag.
Cruising websites, watching videos(ONOES!!1), seeing what's new on the software sites, checking news/weather.
It seems some people can't grasp the idea of it yet though.
Ah well, WE know about it!
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Free WiFi is cool!....
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BART signs 2-year deal for Wi-Fi
"free Internet access - but with a catch. Access will be cut off after 3 1/2 minutes and the users will have to endure 30 seconds of ads before being able to surf the Internet."
»www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c···KD4C.DTL
A pilot project testing high-speed Internet access on portions of BART will expand systemwide, allowing people to surf the Web, send e-mail and videoconference when riding the rails or waiting in the stations. |
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Okay, how is it (free) Wi-Fi ? It's only free for the people who use Comcast or whatever provider. This was my problem with a certain over priced coffee house chain that advertised free Wi-Fi but you had to be a Verizon mobile(... or was it sprint. I can't remember) customer, or had to pay like 1o cents a minute for Wi-Fi service. So it's technically not free. We have a big city park here that broadcasts A Wi-Fi signal for anyone to use. That's free. |
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