Thread: Nokia 770 not useful?
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mwiktowy is offline mwiktowy
2006-11-01 , 20:59
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#18
Originally Posted by Hedgecore
"Fortunate"... it's free during the winter because they're six months behind, and you need to get a txt msg to a cel phone to activate your session. (I just steal the girlfriend's phone) Still though, it's been kinda useful.
I've been trying to scope out all the free wifi that is available. It seems that all the Best Buys and Future Shops have free APs. Also, the National Archives downtown has a system similar to what you describe with the cell authentication.

Rogers and Bell are part of the Hotspot consortium that I see in a lot of places. Unfortunately, they don't offer an unlimited package. Some of the other companies that are part of that group do have a monthly unlimited rate but not in this neck of the woods.

I hear of all this talk of 3G and EDGE broadband via cell phone in the US but I think that is only available here if you bundle it with a Blackberry ... not just any personal phone that is capable ... and those suckers are expensive (and redundant with the 770) to buy and rent the service personally.