You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your iPhone!
The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the Easy WiFi app must go through.
I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart phones in user satisfaction among business users.
> You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > iPhone!
> The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
> Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a > month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi > app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T > spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the > Easy WiFi app must go through.
> I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
> Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
> Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart > phones in user satisfaction among business users.
> Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
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> > You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > > iPhone!
> > The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap > > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the > > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four > > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
> > Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a > > month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi > > app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T > > spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the > > Easy WiFi app must go through.
> > I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly > > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying > > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
> > Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
> > Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart > > phones in user satisfaction among business users.
> > Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
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AT&T exec confirms iPhone tethering on the way from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Robert Palmer
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How's this for a telephone game: Technologizer's Harry McCracken reports that AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega told Michael Arrington that the iPhone will be allowed to work as a tethered wireless modem for notebooks. It will be available "soon."
That is the same event where AT&T brass disclosed they have remarkable future extensions to the iPhone being developed by none other than the world famous AT&T LABS.
AT&T plans to kick ass with the iPhone for some time to come.
-- De la Vega [just] let loose with a laundry list of future applications and usage scenarios for the device, which included the following:
Before the iPhone wakes you up in the morning with its alarm clock, De la Vega says, it will have already loaded all of your daily news feeds onto the phone. It will also have already sent a wireless message to your coffee maker to get the coffee ready. While you're sitting there drinking your coffee, he says, you might decide that you'd rather read your news on the TV screen; so with a wave of the device toward the TV, de la Vega says, you'll send your news feeds wirelessly from the phone to the TV for reading.
Now you leave the house, and use your iPhone to lock the door on the way out. You get in the car. The iPhone starts your car. On the way to work, the iPhone continues reading your news to you using its text-to- speech function.
Later on, at your office, the iPhone initiates a conference call between you and two potential customers in Japan. On the call, when you speak English, the iPhone translates it to Japanese so that your potential customers can understand you. When they answer in Japanese, the iPhone converts their speech into English so you can understand them.
De la Vega says there's a lot of experimentation and testing going on in AT&T's labs to integrate the iPhone with AT&T's fiber optic-based IPTV service, U-Verse. The iPhone will become a remote control for the the service, a scenario in which you'll use the device (and its on- screen keyboard) to search for programming in U-Verse (or presumably from the open internet), playing it either on the TV itself or on the iPhone. De la Vega didn't go too much further into this, but we're assuming that once the iPhone is integrated with the U-Verse TV service, the U-Verse DVR will become more and more like TiVo and the iPhone will control it either from the couch, or from across the country.
Some of this sounds pretty far-flung to me, and if this were some start-up company talking about these "exciting new plans," I'd probably take it with a grain of salt. But in my experience, AT&T plays it pretty close to the vest on its future plans, and usually does what it says it will do.
<snip>
During the Q&A, an audience member asked De la Vega what AT&T planned to do about areas like New York City where the 3G network coverage is spotty. Beyond it's normal network upgrade process, AT&T says it will begin using a new swath of 850 MHz spectrum to deliver a clearer, stronger signal in densely populated areas. De la Vega also says his company will be market testing femtocell technology in some markets in 2009; femtocell devices connect to wireless broadband networks indoors and help boost the connections of wireless devices like the iPhone.
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One last note AT&T will give new AT&T BB users free nationwide wifi too. BB with any other cellular carrier - no free wifi for you! You will have to pay AT&T $20 a month to play.
4phun wrote: > You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > iPhone! > Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
This won't cost AT&T that much.
Not many iPhone users will be alive for long if they continuously keep dropping into MacDonalds...
4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:628fad18-ee5e-41ff-a417- b92e0ec88...@u29g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
> Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
Free wifi for everyone:
All Chick-fil-A restaurants All Atlanta Bread (those that are left, anyway) All Panera Bread All IHOP restaurants Most hotels and motels...you're in room 202. Any new Denny's restaurants just built or going up (older Denny's will have wifi after Christmas they told me.)
local Charleston area - Charleston Airport Pizza Roma family of restaurants Any Charleston marina The City of Charleston, Downtown (110Kbps free, pay for more) many independent sellphone dealers W4CSC's tower of power serving a 2 mile radius around the Charleston AFB main gate...(c;] "Broadband for the troops in the barracks."
Chick-f-a has a nanny and webpage logon...spam Panera Bread has a logon webpage, no nanny Atlanta Bread did but went belly up. Smaller motels/hotels are just routers, usually named "Linksys".
McDonald's, here, is like you describe but noone uses it with all this free service...or Starbucks, only the naive.
> I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
> Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
While this is certainly a perq for iPhone users, all this "free WiFi for iPhones" seems like a desperate attempt to get iPhone users OFF AT&T's overloaded 3G network. ;-)
On 6-Nov-2008, 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
Given the speed and universal availability of 3G data access, why would I go to McDonalds for WiFi?
In article <lL2dndwTYuOzNY7UnZ2dnUVZ_tidn...@giganews.com>, C. Sowash
<csow...@nospamComcast.net> wrote: > Given the speed and universal availability of 3G data access, why > would I go to McDonalds for WiFi?
I am finding I usually use the WiFi mainly at home. The log ons can be a pain away from home so I turn off WiFi and use the 3G. For example at Panera Bread if your iPhone goes to sleep you have to log on again. For 3G you don't have to do anything. However while 3G does seem to be universal in my home area I have encountered a few outland places that are Edge. There the WiFi would be useful.
On Nov 6, 10:10 pm, Charles <fort...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <lL2dndwTYuOzNY7UnZ2dnUVZ_tidn...@giganews.com>, C. Sowash
> <csow...@nospamComcast.net> wrote: > > Given the speed and universal availability of 3G data access, why > > would I go to McDonalds for WiFi?
> I am finding I usually use the WiFi mainly at home. The log ons can be > a pain away from home so I turn off WiFi and use the 3G. For example at > Panera Bread if your iPhone goes to sleep you have to log on again. For > 3G you don't have to do anything. However while 3G does seem to be > universal in my home area I have encountered a few outland places that > are Edge. There the WiFi would be useful.
> -- > Charles
Use Easy WiFi.
Login anywhere with the iPhone while using Easy WiFi is automatic, painless after it has been set up the first time.
BTW did anyone notice the AT&T CEO has just joined Sprint in rejecting the Google Android as unacceptable for working on their cell network. That leaves only Verizon as the only major network left. If Verizon rejects the Google OS too then Android is probably dead.
> BTW did anyone notice the AT&T CEO has just joined Sprint in > rejecting the Google Android as unacceptable for working on their cell > network.
"AT&T CEO Ralph De La Vega says... "The platform is still evolving and needs to open up even more..."
Oh, the irony! The CEO of the company selling a phone that can't make its first call with first getting permission from iTunes, says the open-source Android needs to "open up more."
> That leaves only Verizon as the only major network left. If > Verizon rejects the Google OS too then Android is probably dead.
It's a big wide world out there. If no American carrier other than T-Mo gets behind it, oh well- that drops the potential market from what, 2 billion users to 1.8 billion?
Besides, since Android is open-source, it'll likely "sneak in the backdoor" of all carriers as manufacturers start using it on lower-end phones. Motorola is working on Android phones- after they launch their flashy touch- screen model, it only makes sense that their R&D expenditure will be recycled into lower-end feature phones like future RAZRs, KRZRs, LAZRs, MAZRs or any other vowel-challenged phones they create in the future.
No CEO feels the need to comment on the suitability of whatever proprietary crapware runs on every low-to-mid-end Moto, Sony, LG, Nokia, Pantech, or Samsung they fob off on their customers- why is Android so special it deserves bashing by AT&T's and Sprint's CEOs...
...other than they can't get one for six months or so, until someone other than HTC (who's G1 is currently exclusive to T-Mo) finishes one. When Motorola finally releases theirs in 2Q or 3Q 2009, let's see how fast whichever carrier lands it decides Android is "finally ready."
Todd Allcock <eleccon...@AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > At 07 Nov 2008 02:30:06 +0000 C. Sowash wrote:
> > Given the speed and universal availability of 3G data access, why would I > > go to McDonalds for WiFi?
> The two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and > onions on a sesame seed bun?
Funny - when I was a school boy, McD had one week where you should say this sentence in under 5 seconds to get a free coke. Every day after school I dropped into the local "restaurant" to get mine...
translated into german: Zwei Lagen reines Rindfleisch, Spezialsauce, Salat, Essiggurke, Käse, Zwiebel in einem getoastetem Sesambrötchen - MacDonalds BigMac.
-- In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?
> > BTW did anyone notice the AT&T CEO has just joined Sprint in > > rejecting the Google Android as unacceptable for working on their cell > > network.
> "AT&T CEO Ralph De La Vega says... "The platform is still evolving and > needs to open up even more..."
> Oh, the irony! The CEO of the company selling a phone that can't make its > first call with first getting permission from iTunes, says the open-source > Android needs to "open up more."
> > That leaves only Verizon as the only major network left. If > > Verizon rejects the Google OS too then Android is probably dead.
> It's a big wide world out there. If no American carrier other than T-Mo > gets behind it, oh well- that drops the potential market from what, 2 > billion users to 1.8 billion?
> Besides, since Android is open-source, it'll likely "sneak in the backdoor" > of all carriers as manufacturers start using it on lower-end phones. > Motorola is working on Android phones- after they launch their flashy touch- > screen model, it only makes sense that their R&D expenditure will be > recycled into lower-end feature phones like future RAZRs, KRZRs, LAZRs, > MAZRs or any other vowel-challenged phones they create in the future.
> No CEO feels the need to comment on the suitability of whatever proprietary > crapware runs on every low-to-mid-end Moto, Sony, LG, Nokia, Pantech, or > Samsung they fob off on their customers- why is Android so special it > deserves bashing by AT&T's and Sprint's CEOs...
> ...other than they can't get one for six months or so, until someone other > than HTC (who's G1 is currently exclusive to T-Mo) finishes one. When > Motorola finally releases theirs in 2Q or 3Q 2009, let's see how fast > whichever carrier lands it decides Android is "finally ready."
Todd
I happened to notice your post.
Don't you think that many fail to realize the Global recession is real and picking up steam?
There is a little outfit called Qualcomm that is already feeling the pain as cell phone purchases have fallen like a rock. (See yesterday's news)
Apple has already cut the iPhone outlook by at least 40% or more for this quarter.
If Android has zip potential right now where will Android be in a crap market?
Could those firms like Motorola that are hemorrhaging money cut development of Android in a sudden move to save the sinking ship?
Could we look at GM and Chrysler to see what happens to future development when sales plummet?
Personally I wish those tinkering with Android no harm, but I hope that isn't their day job.
At 07 Nov 2008 06:49:31 -0400 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> > You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > > iPhone!
> Um, right now you can drop into any McD's and have FREE wifi on ANYTHING.
That's operator or market dependent. In many areas, like mine, McD's are standard Wayport outlets- you need to pay by the hour,or have a Wayport (or Wayport roaming partner) subscription.
"Todd Allcock" <eleccon...@AnoOspamL.com> wrote in news:gf08sl$66d$1 @aioe.org:
> While this is certainly a perq for iPhone users, all this "free WiFi for > iPhones" seems like a desperate attempt to get iPhone users OFF AT&T's > overloaded 3G network. ;-)
4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:607960db-2853-4fa8-a4f4- 3abac51e4...@a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com:
> BTW did anyone notice the AT&T CEO has just joined Sprint in > rejecting the Google Android as unacceptable for working on their cell > network. That leaves only Verizon as the only major network left. If > Verizon rejects the Google OS too then Android is probably dead.
They're not buying any more Motorola products? All new Motos will be Android phones!
I don't think Android is gonna fly because it will run uncontrollable software on the sellphone networks. This means it would kill the $3.99 software cashcows AND use actual BANDWIDTH, which must be resisted at all costs.
> > BTW did anyone notice the AT&T CEO has just joined Sprint in > > rejecting the Google Android as unacceptable for working on their cell > > network. That leaves only Verizon as the only major network left. If > > Verizon rejects the Google OS too then Android is probably dead.
> They're not buying any more Motorola products? All new Motos will be > Android phones!
I've seen speculation, but nothing definitive from Motorola.
> I don't think Android is gonna fly because it will run uncontrollable > software on the sellphone networks. This means it would kill the $3.99 > software cashcows AND use actual BANDWIDTH, which must be resisted at all > costs.
It doesn't matter. The cellular networks always have the upper hand. Like AT&T with the iPhone, T-Mobile created a new data plan just for the G1 Android handset. T-Mo is reportedly even putting an automatic mechanism in place later this month that if you move your SIM card from a "dumbphone" into a G1, trying to use the G1 on a cheaper dumbphone data plan, you'll be texted that you'll be automatically switched to the G1 plan if you access data from that handset.
Wireless carriers don't need to fear "open" devices as long as they control the pipes, any more than electric companies need to fear high-wattage appliances! ;-)
> > why is Android so special it > > deserves bashing by AT&T's and Sprint's CEOs...
> > ...other than they can't get one for six months or so, until someone other > > than HTC (who's G1 is currently exclusive to T-Mo) finishes one. When > > Motorola finally releases theirs in 2Q or 3Q 2009, let's see how fast > > whichever carrier lands it decides Android is "finally ready."
> Todd
> I happened to notice your post.
> Don't you think that many fail to realize the Global recession is real > and picking up steam?
No, I think they realize that. If anything, that makes basing an entire line of products on one OS even more attractive.
> There is a little outfit called Qualcomm that is already feeling the > pain as cell phone purchases have fallen like a rock. (See yesterday's > news)
> Apple has already cut the iPhone outlook by at least 40% or more for > this quarter.
> If Android has zip potential right now where will Android be in a crap > market?
Quietly running a pile of bland low-end handsets produced for minimal cost, perhaps? There are really only two growth areas in cellular right now- smartphones, and really cheap low-end handsets for emerging markets like Africa, India, etc.
> Could those firms like Motorola that are hemorrhaging money cut > development of Android in a sudden move to save the sinking ship?
Maybe, but on the other hand, it might make a "free" OS that's already done 90% of the work for you even more attractive. You write a few drivers, slap on a company- themed startup logo and jingle, and you've got a handset. In fact, creating Android versions of current popular handsets allows milking the same hardware for another year, reducing hardware R&D- picture a new "RAZR 3 with Android"- the same old RAZR2 handset with the Android OS on it. The R&D cost to Motorola? A fraction of what they'll spend marketing it!
> Could we look at GM and Chrysler to see what happens to future > development when sales plummet?
Sure- continued sales of the same old crap in new colors and with new trim. Android could be that new trim!
> Personally I wish those tinkering with Android no harm, but I hope > that isn't their day job.
Apple, IMO, is uniquely prepared to ride out this downturn at least short- term- their iPhone 3G is still popular, and users aren't clamoring for a new model just yet. They'll have lower sales, just like everyone else, but they won't be blowing R&D money like everyone else is trying to come up with the "next iPhone killer."
> Wireless carriers don't need to fear "open" devices as long as they > control the pipes, any more than electric companies need to fear > high-wattage appliances! ;-)
This doesn't explain the sellphone carrier hobbleware they always install in the name of "firmware" that disables some of the most basic functions like COPY and MOVE for simple files like pictures and MP3.
Wireless carriers shit on their customers any time they think they can SELL them the very functions the phones were designed to do right out of the box.
Everyone here knows all about hobbleware. It's what Jailbreaking is all about.
> You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > iPhone!
> The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
> Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a > month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi > app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T > spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the > Easy WiFi app must go through.
> I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
> Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
> Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart > phones in user satisfaction among business users.
> Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
AT&T is increaseing their network speeds to 18Mb Sunday 10/09/2008 - AT&T WiFi should get faster if connected to AT&T U-verse broadband.
AT&T Inc. is lifting the top speed of its U-verse broadband service from 10 megabits to 18 megabits.
The boost in speed starts Sunday, according to Dallas-based AT&T.
The service will be available for $65 a month and is included in a bundle with AT&T’s television service.
AT&T says it has about 14.8 million broadband lines in service. Its U- verse broadband service is available in 15 states, including Georgia.
> > You can now drop into any McDonald's and have FREE wifi on your > > iPhone!
> > The deal expands AT&T's hot spots -- areas where customers can tap > > into Wi-Fi networks -- to 20,000 in the U.S. That includes the > > networks Wayport operates at Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four > > Seasons hotels as well as McDonald's Corp. restaurants.
> > Non AT&T prefered customers may also use these wifi hotspots for $20 a > > month. All of them are free to iPhone users. There is the Easy WiFi > > app at the iPhone store where you can get one click access at any AT&T > > spot with out even using the browser and SMS method those with out the > > Easy WiFi app must go through.
> > I already had checked Micky Dees yesterday and was able to instantly > > connect with one click using Easy Wifi. I had been trying > > unsuccessfully for months to get free acess at McDonald s.
> > Life is good and getting better every day if you have an iPhone.
> > Today ComputerWorld said the iPhone ranked the highest of all smart > > phones in user satisfaction among business users.
> > Not bad, if you have an iPhone.
> AT&T is increaseing their network speeds to 18Mb Sunday 10/09/2008 - > AT&T WiFi should get faster if connected to AT&T U-verse broadband.
> AT&T Inc. is lifting the top speed of its U-verse broadband service > from 10 megabits to 18 megabits.
> The boost in speed starts Sunday, according to Dallas-based AT&T.
> The service will be available for $65 a month and is included in a > bundle with AT&T’s television service.
> AT&T says it has about 14.8 million broadband lines in service. Its U- > verse broadband service is available in 15 states, including Georgia.
> --
> It gets better and better for iPhone owners! ;>)
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4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:afdbde51-1f2e-4e3f-8966- 90d3c9a48...@r37g2000prr.googlegroups.com:
> AT&T Inc. is lifting the top speed of its U-verse broadband service > from 10 megabits to 18 megabits.
Too bad noone has desktop computers than can use that much data that fast.
If your computer had a 64KB buffer (x 8 = 512K bits), that buffer will fill, halting traffic into it, in .512Mb / 18Mb = 28ms that must be dumped by the computer before it can download more. Every 28ms, the bucket would be full again. Even if you increase the buffer size to some huge value, the data pouring into it cannot be processed, ESPECIALLY not stored on our archaically slow hard drives turning so slow at 7200 RPM.
ATT, and any of their competitors, knows that delivering 500 Mbps to home computers is in no danger of overloading anything, especially if that computer also has to process or decode or display that data stream.
DSL reports feels your iphone pain and has a special speedtest for it at: http://i.dslr.net/iphone_speedtest.html There's some kind of software crap thru itunes they mentioned, too. I ran the iphone speedtest and it says 3066Kbps on my N800 Linux tablet when I clicked the wifi button. When I ran the graphic Flash 8 speed test on the regular DSL reports, it only showed 873Kbps and a popup warning came from the tablet's flash player:
"A script in this movie is causing Adobe Flash Player 9 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. So you want to abort the script?" and wanted me to make it stop.
These slower speeds on the slower tablet computer show you how useless 18Mbps will be to a normal, everyday, home computer. It's certainly not worth paying extra for over about 6-7Mbps.
On 11/7/08 11:38 PMNov 7, "Larry" <no...@home.com> wrote:
> 4phun <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote in news:afdbde51-1f2e-4e3f-8966- > 90d3c9a48...@r37g2000prr.googlegroups.com:
>> AT&T Inc. is lifting the top speed of its U-verse broadband service >> from 10 megabits to 18 megabits.
> Too bad noone has desktop computers than can use that much data that fast.
Too bad you don't know what you are talking about. I routinely get real transfers over my Gigabit Ethernet an order of magnitude faster than that. Now going through DSL or cable modem involves other bottlenecks but it has nothing to do with the network capacity of the computers.
The report, titled "iPhone More Reliable than BlackBerry, One Year In", analyzes failure rates for more than 15,000 new cell phones covered by SquareTrade warranties. SquareTrade found that after one year of ownership, iPhone owners were half as likely as BlackBerry owners to have a phone failure, and one-third as likely as Treo owners.
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