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free WiFi for a year?? (O2 poster)

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  • 20-11-2008 5:47pm
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    bealbocht
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭


    I noticed an O2 poster recently advertising the iPhone with "free WiFi for a year"

    Now I'm unlikely to buy one in the immediate future, but need a device similar to it, for and ideally one with wifi.

    But the question is, if the iPhone has wifi, it is not enabled for use for ALL open wifi facilities. Do they charge extra to enable your wifi option ??

    My understanding is that some places, mostly hotels, have free open WiFi, and any wifi device can use them.

    Do O2 have closed WiFi hotspots , open to iPhone users ??
    Eircom, have similar ads.

    It kinda reminds me of when I worked for a (cough cough) wireless broadband provider, and the sales staff had great difficulty differenciating between the Wireless broadband and household WiFi


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    aidan_walsh
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    Its a partnership with a specific Wifi hotspot provider. If you have your own Wifi, or use another open Wifi connection of course there is no charge.


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    nava
    Registered Users Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭nava


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Its a partnership with a specific Wifi hotspot provider. If you have your own Wifi, or use another open Wifi connection of course there is no charge.

    Yes it's with Bitbuzz


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    bealbocht
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭bealbocht


    Thanks for that,

    Have looked at the list of hotspots for dublin and am kinda (60%ish) sure that I have seen a few of those places advertise free wifi anyway..

    or I suppose my question is more of a general one..

    What is free wifi access around Dublin city centre like ??


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