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AT&T finally offers free wifi for US iPhone customers (Update)

by Mat Lu Jul 18th 2008 at 8:30AM

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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Yeah except they didn't really...
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/18/att-confirms-another-goof-no-free-wifi-for-iphone-yet

I don't understand what the holdup is; were they sick of people being able to spoof being on an iPhone with Safari?

July 18 2008 at 1:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tomn68

"AT&T mistakenly announces free Wi-Fi for iPhone users...again"

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-9994170-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

July 18 2008 at 1:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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(laughs) that's what I get for getting sidetracked loking for a link...sorry about repeating info :-)

July 18 2008 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dance

I wonder if Apple added something in 2.0 to block the trick people used before to make this work on laptops.

July 18 2008 at 12:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Glenn Rempe

OMG. They took it away again. What a cluster**** I did see the page last night, but now the AT&T WiFi page returns a 404 error now (Not Found). AT&T proves its lameness at every turn.

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/internet/wifi.jsp

July 18 2008 at 12:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
patrickben

I tried it at a Starbucks in Boston. It gave me a login screen asking for a username and password. That is, it didn't work.

Every time I try getting the (not)free wifi at Starbucks, I have to make my iPhone forget that network so I can use the always-available EDGE network...

July 18 2008 at 11:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ronald Distor

I read to use the free iPhone wifi, you log in using your 10 digit phone number.

July 18 2008 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Migs

Agreed. Access to AT&T wifi for home internet accounts has been active for quite some time.

Is AT&T offering free wifi for iPhone AT&T Wireless accounts? As in people with only wireless plans?

July 18 2008 at 11:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Doug

@tiger68...I think the thread got a little OT. The news would be that iphone users who have an account with ATT wireless can now access the ATT wifi hotspots with their iphone. Though it seems there is some discussion as how to do that.

Some of the other commenters are talking about accessing it because they have a DSL account with ATT. That service has been in place for some time. So that is not a new thing.

July 18 2008 at 10:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard

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

July 18 2008 at 10:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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