Bay Area Free Wi-Fi
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- xrusos
Serving up free wireless wi-fi hotspots to the San Francisco Bay Area!
I just moved the database from my personal site to the new domain, so update your bookmarks!
Please post any others you know about. I am excited to make sure that this is the most comprehensive list of confirmed free wi-fi hotspots in the Bay Area.
- xrusos0
Now there's over 150 on the list - including some solid East Bay spots now.
as the bay area NTers wake up and make it to work this monday morning, i hope that they contribute with their favorites to add to the list.
- one2meny0
great! i've been waiting for something like this! if only you had one for NYC too.
- xrusos0
you can now submit new free hotspot locations for review on the site. (so stop emailing me!)
http://bayareafreefi.com
(just click the "submit new" link)
- ********0
good stuff xrusos.
i know that 5 floors up at The Rex you can steal WiFi...
562 Sutter Street
worked with my ibook (airport extreme), but not with a powerbook (aluminum)
- xrusos0
right on nick! would you submit that for me? give me the details!
http://bayareafreefi.com
(submit new location)
- ********0
*submitted*
i'm pretty sure theres no signal on street level.. but if you're staying a few floors up and your window is looking onto Sutter.. you can steal a signal. mind you, you have to sit next to the window.. but thats where they put the coffee table/chair anyways.. so it works.
im going to be moving to san fran within the next few days, so kudos for putting together this list!
- ribit0
Can we have maps... and coverage of London... and Detroit...thx :)
- jevad0
I'm gonna sort out a denver one soon enough....
- xrusos0
thanks nick... rex is now on the list.
when you're moved in be sure to keep me updated on any new spots.
- xrusos0
ribit, i thought about a map, but i'm not sure how i could make it happen dynamically.
do you?
i'll be attaching the addresses to mapquest soon enough though.
- xrusos0
i added normal map links to mapquest. so far so good. i don't know how to combine them to one big map though. - unless i paid for a commercial implementation of mapquest.
- ribit0
Overall map or 'show distance/show closest to me' would be nice :)
What does it cost to get MapQuest integration?
- tripleflux0
that is badass, much better than this
- xrusos0
yeah, i first thought i'd use nodedb too. but the thing is, most of them are homes. i can't exactly go knock on doors and expect to work from peoples living rooms.
sure, the park bench is probably just fine, but i love a good location. my list is an edited list and compiled list of free bay area hotspots. not home wi-fi locations. try to find all of the 150+ on http://bayareafreefi.com on your favorite nodedb. now you see what i'm talking about.
- xrusos0
i don't recall how much mapquest integration costs. but my google ads banner isn't able to afford that quite yet.
i'm open to other options though.
- xrusos0
MapQuest integration (more than just a link to a map), starts at $4400. i'm going to need a whole lot more clickthroughs to support that!
here's what it looks like though:
http://www.mapquest.com/solution…any other solutions for me?
http://bayareafreefi.com