Esat BT Offers Free wi-fi

Mr_Man

According to an article in to-day's SBP Esat are offering free wireless internet access all this week as part of an effort to boost the use of the technology udring wireless broadband week. Customers will be able to surf at any of the 72 Esat Wi-fi hotspots.

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madmoe

Hey there, have just signed up for it but can't find where the hotspots are in Dublin :-( Is there a listing anywhere? Also, what will I have to do to set it up on my lappy? I have an 802.11b card, will this be enough?

Thanx

MarkR

http://www.btopenzone.ie/

I don't think it's a definitive list though, as the hotel nearby has it, and it's not listed on the site.

madmoe

Thanx man, checked on there but could only fine one place in Dublin What about Cafe's and places like that? Can u outline how I will be able to set it up on my laptop?

raphaelS

From their web site:

Academy Hotel Hotel
11-13 Findlater Street Dublin

Cassidys Hotel Dublin Hotel
Cavendish Row Dublin

Conrad Dublin Restaurant
Earlsfort Terrace Dublin

Dun Laoghaire Harbour External
Harbour Dun Laoghaire Harbour
External Area Dublin

Dun Laoghaire Harbour Internal
Harbour Dublin Ireland

Insomnia Coffee
Charlotte Way 4 Harcourt Hall Dublin

Insomnia Sandwich Bar
Baggot Stree Café/Coffee Shop
20 Upper Baggot Street Dublin

Insomnia Sandwich Bar Stephens Grn Café/Coffee Shop
4 St Stephens Green Dublin

Insomnia Sandwich Upr Fownes St Café/Coffee Shop
2A Upper Fownes Street Dublin

Morgan Hotel Hotel
10 Fleet St Dublin

Schoolhouse Hotel Ballsbridge Hotel
2-8 Northumberland Road Dublin


Raphael

madmoe

@raphaelS
Thanx for that Is it hard to set up the lappy to use it?

raphaelS

To surf in these place?
To be honest I don't know but according to their website it doesn't seem to be difficult (assuming you got Wifi up and running already!).

Subscribe to BT Openzone or purchase a pre-pay pass

Get a wireless LAN card or wireless LAN enabled laptop or PDA

Visit your nearest BT Openzone hotspot

Open your web browser and go to http://www.btopenzone.com

Enter your username and password

Access the internet, your e-mail or your corporate intranet.

Log off when you are finished

I guess if it's free for one week, you don't need a pre-paid pass...

Raphael

madmoe

They make it sound very easy but I'm not so sure to be honest!! Surely there is someone techie out there who knows??

rymus

Seems to be one in the Imperial Hotel in Cork.. Might take a stroll in there some day this week with my laptop and see what all the bru-ha-ha is about.

Duffman

Anyone know where exactly the Dun Laoghaire hotspots are?

eth0_

Originally posted by madmoe
They make it sound very easy but I'm not so sure to be honest!! Surely there is someone techie out there who knows??

It's simple. Just open your laptop and it'll find the network. Open your browser and it'll bring you to the openzone homepage and you can sign up for the free trial there, and it'll email you a username and password. That's it.
Was using it in belfast on wednesday, it's pretty sweet.

suppafly

what kind of speed do u get?

eth0_

It seems to be limited to 100kb/sec per person. I was getting 60k/sec on bit torrent.

flywheel

Originally posted by eth0_
It's simple. Just open your laptop and it'll find the network.

yup - Airport is great

but some of those Windows laptop users aren't so lucky - have seen several scratching heads wondering what they are supposed to do - mainly because they don't know how to scan for Access Points or where that feature might be hidden on their machine if it doesn't auto scan...

have seen (in the US hotspots i've used) those folded cards left on the tables or a leaflet at the counter with the basic instructions e.g. what the SSID is, leaving WEP off etc... didn't see any of those in insomnia grafton st., just a small poster on the wall (and only noticed that on the way out)

BrianG

daveirl

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Ryaner

www.btopenzone.ie
website working here btw

Originally posted by eth0_
It seems to be limited to 100kb/sec per person. I was getting 60k/sec on bit torrent.

So I'm taking it that all the ports are open?