04-04-2008, 10:57 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Free Public WiFi
I see a network named this various places around downtown and it will connect with a strong signal but no internet access is available. Anyone know if the city is planning something for downtown?
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04-04-2008, 11:36 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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I name my router "Free Public Wi-Fi" just to screw with the neighbors.
As soon as they try and connect, WHAM! Please enter your password!
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04-04-2008, 11:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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04-04-2008, 05:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I see that around my work in the south.. it drives me nuts, my ipod touch uses wifi and id like to tie into it..
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04-04-2008, 06:24 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Well some you have the starting page where you have to enter a user and password. I get those all the time on my phone.
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04-04-2008, 07:16 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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The airport doesn't have free Wifi, what's up with that!?
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04-04-2008, 07:27 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
The airport doesn't have free Wifi, what's up with that!?
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They have Telus wifi at the airport, but it is not free.
FYI, if you pay $25 a month you can get unlimited Hotspot roaming that will cover all Starbucks, Second Cups, some restaurants, the airport, etc..
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04-04-2008, 08:48 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Man I want to move somewhere with 3G coverage and a good data plan. I was in Vegas for CTIA this past week and our 3G capable phones FLEW, it was great.
Fido has 3G here as well I guess, but in Canada that's a BAD thing since I can blow through my data plan with 5 web pages :/
Lots of free Wifi down there as well, INCLUDING the airport thank you Vegas.
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04-04-2008, 08:50 PM
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Franchise Player
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The Law Library at the new courthouse in downtown Calgary doesn't have free wi-fi either. It's offered through Bell (I think).
What about Calgary public libraries?
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04-04-2008, 09:47 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fredr123
The Law Library at the new courthouse in downtown Calgary doesn't have free wi-fi either. It's offered through Bell (I think).
What about Calgary public libraries?
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free if you have a library card IIRC.
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04-04-2008, 10:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MacDougalbry
They have Telus wifi at the airport, but it is not free.
FYI, if you pay $25 a month you can get unlimited Hotspot roaming that will cover all Starbucks, Second Cups, some restaurants, the airport, etc..
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HAHAHA greedy canadian s (  ) all of our starbucks, panera breads, and such are usually free wifi ...... i love it ....... airports though are not free and that sucks!!!!!!!
here is what i find funny. I recently did a lil traveling for work. We stayed at a cheap hotel one night and had free wi-fi it was about 80 bucks a night... then we went the next night and stayed at a nice place ( around 175 a night) and it the wi fi cost us 10 bucks a day lol
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04-04-2008, 10:41 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary
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I've noticed this in the saddledome too. What gives?
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04-05-2008, 12:43 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Yeah I stayed at the Luxor in Vegas and it was $14 / day for Internet! BOO!
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04-05-2008, 12:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
The airport doesn't have free Wifi, what's up with that!?
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Photon, meet Kismac.
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04-08-2008, 01:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Could this be a City of Calgary project? I heard rumors they were going to be setting up free wifi access with obvious restrictions at CTrain platforms, maybe they are expanding it.
Its also possible that users name their hotspot that, there is a growing movement of people who open up there networks for free (the whole free internet bs).
Are you able to actually connect to the network or no?
If you are, try to remote onto the router to see if there is a WAN IP, if there is its likely that they address block access or deny port 80 on the dhcp range. On the ones in Toronoto whe I was there for an Exchange conference they had an email address where if you donated something like 20$ or whatever to some open internet charity and emailed them they would give your MAC a dedicated IP.
Sounded kind of interesting but much goody tu shoes lefty for me.
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04-08-2008, 01:42 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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It's defiantly the MS bug. That would explain why i get a lot of linksys and default networks that connect but don't actually go out anywhere. There are wifi hotspots on Stephen Ave but they are disabled. Not sure why.
There has got to be ways to monetize free public wifi hotspots. Sell naming rights and have the landing page contain an ad.
The local papers are deperatly looking for revenue. Sponser a few wifi hotspots downtown and sell ads. It would work better than pubishing those crap dailies that do nothing but blow around in the wind, get stuck on fences and line ditches.
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06-22-2012, 01:24 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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damn these old bumped threads. i was reading Photon talking about no free wi-fi at the airport and lack of 3G coverage in Canada on the first page and was wondering wtf he was talking about, then i see the post date...
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06-22-2012, 02:50 PM
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Had an idea!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
damn these old bumped threads. i was reading Photon talking about no free wi-fi at the airport and lack of 3G coverage in Canada on the first page and was wondering wtf he was talking about, then i see the post date...
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Same here.
Canada has great 3G coverage. I swear....
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