{"id":27818,"date":"2012-05-08T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/08\/making-wifi-easier.html"},"modified":"2012-05-08T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:11:13","slug":"making-wifi-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/08\/making-wifi-easier.html","title":{"rendered":"Making WiFi easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hate WiFi services that require a special login and click on the box to promise you won't use the service to plot the overthrow of the government or something. Because that makes hooking into that WiFi a hassle, not just the first time, but every time you wander past that hotspot.<\/p>\n

On the other hand … geting around it for an added charge to my cell phone provider? What's up with that? Yuck.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPasspoint WiFi tech promises cellphone-like handoff between hotspots<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWiFi hotspots could soon become a virtual "extension" of cellular networks, but how much the easy access to WiFi will cost consumers remains unclear. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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I hate WiFi services that require a special login and click on the box to promise you won't use the service to plot the overthrow of the government or something. Because that makes hooking into that WiFi a hassle, not just the first time, but every time you wander past that hotspot. 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