I ride Amtrak frequently from Moorpark CA to San Diego and back. There has always been an AC plugin available, business class or not. No wireless access, though.

That's my post there. From the time when i didn't know about the wlan_sleep_timeout yet.
After that i installed firmware that allows me to hide the SSID and that solved the problem. Don't ask me for the technical background of why this worked, because i don't know.
What i do know is that La Fonera is a crap router (this problem, problem with iodined, and more) the way it is used now. I don't have the knowledge to understand if it's the hardware or the way the OS is managed, but what i do know is that i'm looking for a simple Wifi router that works. Internet sharing or no internet sharing, the most important for me is that I can use internet and with the Fonera and the N800 that seems to be a problem.

Ton.

Just thought I'd add that Boingo replied to an email of mine and stated that with the use of their 'Boingo Mobile' plan (£3.85 pcm), all charges incurred at their Premium Sites (generally $0.12 per minute) are waived... Good news! Also, I JUST ordered my N800! I'm happy now...

Toronto isn't too bad, but for the wrong reasons. Every coffee shop has Telus or Bell hotspots and the downtown core is covered by Toronto Hydro's MetroNet. All are pay, and all have absolutely ridiculous hourly rates. (About $9/hr, $20/day, $35/month) or something like that. If it was $1/hr, I'd have no problem hooking up while I was waiting for a friend.

Otherwise, in the northern areas of downtown, are lined with shops that have 2-3 levels of apartments up top. I uh... sometimes 'borrow' from those that don't lock down their access points.

Boingo seems to have it going on. To bad its not so widely available in smaller markets. Canada is getting screwed by the major telcos on cellphones and data packages for internet access. We are one of the most expensive in the world. Now companies like Rogers are trying to corner the wireless market because they know what kind of threat it could be to cellular. I support businesses that have free wireless, whats the cost of a wireless router these days < 50 bucks. FREE WIRELESS FOR ALL.....:-)

I live in Europe. It is quite possible to find free wifi in Europe as well. The problem is that, often, you are very unlikely to find free wifi as a tourist. Some ISP, most notably T-online, have made it into a business model to specifically target places where travellers are most likely to be for their paid network: train stations and airports, hotels, coffee and food chains, tourist places.

But if you go off the beaten track, you are likely to find a coffee or mall with free access. This is actually the main reason I have the Nokia: it is very useful to find such hot spots. It has very good sensitivity, so I switch it on and look for open networks. When I find a ssid which is also the name of a coffee, I know where to sit and order a cup.

Exactly. What T-mob and the others don't realise is that a lot of us will avoid pay-networks like the plague, but at the same time still be happy with paying lots of euros for a coffee or a light meal so that we can sit down and enjoy the free wi-fi..

If I were about to go back to Europe, I would closely study this site: http://www.couchsurfing.com/

and I bet I'd find some people with free wifi in their houses or apartments, who were willing to share.

I think those sharing networks are doomed before they start in North America... in general (<- look! A qualifying statement!) people are far too greedy and your poor free router would end up supplying the nighbourhood as they massacred your bandwidth. (I realize you have to share to share with others, but it's not hard to drop the range of your router to the point where it only broadcasts inside your own house/apartment.)

Yep, North Americans don't like sharing. We don't even like carpooling.

I forget the name of the program, but a wifi-sharing plan for residential connections seems to be doing really well in Spain. I imagine it must be growing in other places, too. The architecture of a city could have a lot to do with the room for its growth. I can't see it working great in a place like Vienna, for instance, where walls are thick and buildings fortress-like.