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free wifi again
In recent threads on free wifi in Europe, it seems that many other
posters have better luck than I do finding any. The college where I teach in Manchester now offers free wifi in the refectory area (which is quite large), and makes it obvious this is aimed at visitors as well as students and staff. I wonder if this is an increasing trend in the UK, and perhaps Europe as well? I can pick up the wifi from Manchester University in my teaching room but it's not free- I was only able to access it once I got a username and password from someone there! (We have internet access obviously, but no wifi, other than in the refectory area mentioned.) Anyway, in trawling the various 'open' wifi websites, I don't remember reading about educational institutions (I've visited many such places with wifi, but they've always been closed networks.) I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been using open wifi in such places? -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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In recent threads on free wifi in Europe, it seems that many other
posters have better luck than I do finding any. The college where I teach in Manchester now offers free wifi in the refectory area (which is quite large), and makes it obvious this is aimed at visitors as well as students and staff. I wonder if this is an increasing trend in the UK, and perhaps Europe as well? I can pick up the wifi from Manchester University in my teaching room but it's not free- I was only able to access it once I got a username and password from someone there! (We have internet access obviously, but no wifi, other than in the refectory area mentioned.) Anyway, in trawling the various 'open' wifi websites, I don't remember reading about educational institutions (I've visited many such places with wifi, but they've always been closed networks.) I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been using open wifi in such places? Southampton University does. Not only that, but with th SOWN project, pretty much a radius of over a mile from the Uni has reception. http://www.sown.org.uk |
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Thomas wrote:
In recent threads on free wifi in Europe, it seems that many other posters have better luck than I do finding any. The college where I teach in Manchester now offers free wifi in the refectory area (which is quite large), and makes it obvious this is aimed at visitors as well as students and staff. I wonder if this is an increasing trend in the UK, and perhaps Europe as well? I can pick up the wifi from Manchester University in my teaching room but it's not free- I was only able to access it once I got a username and password from someone there! (We have internet access obviously, but no wifi, other than in the refectory area mentioned.) Anyway, in trawling the various 'open' wifi websites, I don't remember reading about educational institutions (I've visited many such places with wifi, but they've always been closed networks.) I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been using open wifi in such places? Southampton University does. Not only that, but with th SOWN project, pretty much a radius of over a mile from the Uni has reception. Wow. I wonder what companies like BT think of that! -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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In recent threads on free wifi in Europe, it seems that many other
posters have better luck than I do finding any. The college where I teach in Manchester now offers free wifi in the refectory area (which is quite large), and makes it obvious this is aimed at visitors as well as students and staff. I wonder if this is an increasing trend in the UK, and perhaps Europe as well? I can pick up the wifi from Manchester University in my teaching room but it's not free- I was only able to access it once I got a username and password from someone there! (We have internet access obviously, but no wifi, other than in the refectory area mentioned.) Anyway, in trawling the various 'open' wifi websites, I don't remember reading about educational institutions (I've visited many such places with wifi, but they've always been closed networks.) I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has been using open wifi in such places? Southampton University does. Not only that, but with th SOWN project, pretty much a radius of over a mile from the Uni has reception. Wow. I wonder what companies like BT think of that! -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk Take a look at http://consume.net , these projects are starting everywhere. |
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BTW, beware of Wifi phishing and only connect to Wifi networks you are
familiar with. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de/Galleries.htm - Photos from China, Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Egypt, Germany, Austria, Prague, Budapest, Singapore and Portugal |
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Alfred Molon wrote:
BTW, beware of Wifi phishing and only connect to Wifi networks you are familiar with. Is this something you'd have to worry about if you have the proper security on your OS? -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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BTW, beware of Wifi phishing and only connect to Wifi networks you are
familiar with. Is this something you'd have to worry about if you have the proper security on your OS? Do a google for 'wifi evil twin' Basically somebody sits in an airport lounge or such, with a laptop a wifi card and a GPRS card. If this is the stronger network, windows will connect to this by default. The start page is made to look like T-Mobile of such like, and hey presto, you have all their personal information. For this reason it is advisable to connect manually to a network. |
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Thomas wrote:
BTW, beware of Wifi phishing and only connect to Wifi networks you are familiar with. Is this something you'd have to worry about if you have the proper security on your OS? Do a google for 'wifi evil twin' Basically somebody sits in an airport lounge or such, with a laptop a wifi card and a GPRS card. If this is the stronger network, windows will connect to this by default. The start page is made to look like T-Mobile of such like, and hey presto, you have all their personal information. For this reason it is advisable to connect manually to a network. I have a Mac though, and Firefox specifically avoids that kind of behaviour. (It didn't at one point though.) Interesting, nevertheless! -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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