I'm just curious how it works. Like how do you know if there even is
a hot spot?

On Windows XP, there is an icon in the task tray that shows the status of
your wi fi device. If you click on it, it will show all wi fi signals in
range. It will also tell you if the network is security encrypted. From
there, you can log on to any unsecured network by clicking on it and
clicking the connect button.


Can you log in to anybody's network?

Any that isn't locked down with security encription or mac filtering

How do you pay if
it's a non-free access?

Don't know, but I'm guessing dead presidents won't work. Plastic of some
kind, I suppose.


Just curious.

Me too.