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AT&T finally offers free wifi for US iPhone customers (Update)
After teasing us about it back in May it looks like AT&T has finally come through. They have announced that they "are proud to offer iPhone customers free access to the nation's largest Wi-Fi hotspot network with more than 17,000 hotspots, including Starbucks". Unfortunately, the details are a little sketchy; it's unclear exactly what you have to do to access the network with your iPhone.In any case, you can look up an AT&T hotspot near you or search for a Starbucks. Let us know if you've been able to take AT&T up on their offer.
[via iPhone Alley]
Update: It looks like AT&T has once again mistakenly posted this information. That's right, at the moment AT&T is not offering free wifi to iPhone users, but it is in the works. Look for an announcement, and a quick retraction, sometime next week (and then the week after that, and once again...).
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David P said 8:46AM on 7-18-2008
I was at a borders yesterday that had an at&t wifi hotspot, but I couldn't access it. It wanted to know my membership name, or a code / coupon. Or of course I could buy time with a credit card.
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Philipp said 8:56AM on 7-18-2008
Way better here in Germany. You just tap a bookmark, personalized with your data and are logged in:
https://hotspot.t-mobile.net/wlan/index.do?username=YourMobileNumber@t-mobile.de&password=YourPassword-d2p&strHinweis=Zahlungsbedingungen&strAGB=AGB
aanidaani said 9:57AM on 7-18-2008
The T-Mobile Hotspot service is nice, but Deutsche Telekom's customer service is just horrible. I had so much trouble getting my phone and internet access set up with them. They're total assholes (And it's not because I'm American -- I speak fluent German!).
alb.rod said 8:56AM on 7-18-2008
Finally, can't wait to try it out. It was pretty slick when they accidentally offered it a couple months ago.
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alb.rod said 8:56AM on 7-18-2008
Finally, can't wait to try it out. It was pretty slick when they accidentally offered it a couple months ago.
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chrisacoyne said 10:57AM on 7-18-2008
Yeah same here. You need to buy a card for like 5 dollars and join and but coffee etc...
Do you mean we can be able to connect just like an unsecured wifi access?
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Russell Burns said 9:14AM on 7-18-2008
I attempted to log on to the ATT wifi at the starbucks in Mesquite, TX on Wednesday evening, however I was unsucessful. I even purchased a $5 gift card to pay for my drink, as you are supposidly able to register a gift card and recieve 2 hours of free wifi time but I was unable to succesfully get connected. After 30 or so minutes of messing with it I gave up and whipped out the good ol' iPhone 3G (with a near dead battery of course) and caught up on my current events! :)
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Tim said 9:16AM on 7-18-2008
I was at a Starbucks I had never been to before and when I looked at my iPhone it was already accessing the at&t wifi without me having to set it.
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Joe said 9:29AM on 7-18-2008
Just yesterday I was on "attwifi" and it asked me to buy minutes or login with my AT&T ID, which I'm not sure that I have. Nothing about iPhone access.
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Codey H. said 9:31AM on 7-18-2008
anyone able to confirm the old trick with Safari and using the Mobile Safari agent?
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Scott said 9:36AM on 7-18-2008
At most of my local Starbucks (South Orange County, CA) you just need to enter your AT&T screen name and password and you are on the web. The username and password are the same ones that you use to log-in your DSL modem at home. The log-in site has all the standrad choices like:
sbcglobal.net, att.net, etc. You must use the exact log-in that you use at home and you must know your password.
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Bryan said 11:48AM on 7-18-2008
makes me wish I lived next to a Starbucks.
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YodaMac said 9:42AM on 7-18-2008
So is this free WIFI connection supposed to be for your iPhone or for a notebook, or both? or what?
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Scott said 9:45AM on 7-18-2008
Anything that you bring that can access the log-in website will work. Laptop, iPhone etc.
Jonathan Allen said 10:00AM on 7-18-2008
ATT WIFI was working at the Barnes and Nobles store here yesterday.
(Coralville, Iowa)
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tiger66 said 10:18AM on 7-18-2008
are you guys talking about a special thing for iphones, or for ATT internet users?
because its always been there, you just got to log on with your ATT info.
please explain if i am wrong.
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hgtmobile said 10:15AM on 7-18-2008
Yesterday I used an unlocked iPhone with T-Mobile at a MacDonalds ATT WiFi spot. It permitted access because I also have an ATT DSL service at home. Presumably it would also work at all of the other ATT spots.
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destructo said 10:22AM on 7-18-2008
I was at Starbucks this morning - right next to an AT&T store - and no dice.
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Christapher said 12:15PM on 7-18-2008
AT&T is coming to our store Monday to install
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Richard said 10:41AM on 7-18-2008
I have been accessing free wifi at starbucks for the last few months. On the T-mobile sign in page there has been a place for AT&T customers, given I always signed in using my uverse account. Never tried my mobile account
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