Wi-fi hotspots (public)

Relkcew

Hey...
Anyone know of any wi-fi hotspots around Dublin? i know O2 have a few fancy hotels wired and I just found out that The Front Lounge and Globe (George's Street) are running free trials at the moment...
Anyone know of any others around Dublin? (Or anywhere else?)

eth0_

Oooh booze and surfing! *grabs powerbook*

Esat have a few hotspots...iirc there's one in Dun Laoghaire.
There's stacks in Belfast run by BT OpenZone, but tbh Esat and BT's hotspots are bloody rip off's! Can't remember the Esat prices but I remember being unimpressed, and the BT one's are £6 per hour which is 9 euro and that has to be used within one 24 hour period.

wolfman

Esat are €10 for an hour and €20 for 24 hours

wolfman

Sorry

Forgot............

Esat = O2

crowbar

if you're an o2 postpay customer and you bill it to your phone, then it's €3 per 20mins, or €10 per month which includes 3 x 20 mins sessions + €2 per 20mins thereafter (excluding VAT). wolfman's prices are for the voucher payment method, which anyone can use.

the esat one in dun laoghaire is actually an esat bt site and not an o2 site. dunno how much that one is ... they've been talking about rollout for ages.

wolfman

That's right.

Sorry.

Forgot to mention that they were the voucher prices.

dub45

How do you pay for it in places like the front lounge or the globe and what settings do you use?

Capt'n Midnight

IMHO any place that doesn't charge to use the toilets can afford to offer it's customers WiFi internet access for free.

www.vbnets.ie - have prices on equipment and you can look up the sharable ADSL (uncapped) costs from ESAT/EIRCOM ..

So excluding overheads (eg: billing software) & profiteering then you would only need one or two customers per day to break even.....

eth0_

Where exactly are the o2 hotspots?
I read recently that BT have hotspots all over Brighton beach promenade...pretty sweet....apart from the risk of getting sand inside yer laptop

crowbar

http://www1.o2.ie/business/business_on_the_move/wireless_zone

mainly dublin hotels - and heuston station. you can also get it from outside o2's office in baggot st, and in their shop in grafton st. don't think you can get it at dollymount strand or on the beach at bray though ...

Capt'n Midnight

www.irishwan.org
www.irishwan.org/board
www.dublinwan.org

Work out how much you intend to pay in internet access.
'cos if you have BB at home then the one-time setup costs of linking in to the WAN and tunneling back to your existing BB might be less than paying for a month or two of Hotspot...

Samson

Originally posted by Relkcew
I just found out that The Front Lounge and Globe (George's Street) are running free trials at the moment...

I'll have to bring my laptop with me on Sunday when I'm in The Globe for the jazz session; so I can look cool in the company of the beautiful people.
:eek:

Relkcew

Thanks!

I found out that there's a trial one in the Mespil Hotel as well! (Free for the moment, I think...)

And I see that Vodafone announced during the week that it would build 50 hotspots in "sports clubs, hotels" and somehting else...