On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:18:10 -0500, "Armond Perretta"
wrote:

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

If I am in a Wifi hotspot that wants to be paid, will something tell
me so, or will it just not work?

Based on my quite limited experience with wireless laptops (I own 2 but
haven't traveled yet with them) I suspect that just sitting on a bench
somewhere will allow you to connect, check mail, etc., with few problems.
The knowing folks call this "piggybacking."

I suppose that depends on where you are, but it did work here. I just
called up the thing that searches for connections and it identified a
long list of nodes, most of them password secured with first names lie
Mary and Chad, but others unsecured. One of the unsecured had a strong
signal, so I tried it. My web browser and mailer both worked fine.

I am amazed. I guess most of the nodes were my neighbors in this large
(about 500) apartment bldg. The node I used had a commercial sounding
name.

Thanks



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


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