iPhones Get Free AT&T WiFi

October 29, 2008

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AT&T has just notified all iPhone users via SMS that they will now receive free Wi-Fi at thousands of AT&T hotspots nationwide. This includes most corporate owned Starbucks coffee shops. For more information, iPhone users can visit www.att.com/attwifi.

This has been an on again off again story for quite some time. AT&T has twice posted a web site about free Wi-Fi for iPhone users, both times in error and immeadiately retracted. However, this time appears to be the real deal since they have taken the additional step of notifying all iPhone users.

Since the average 3G iPhone surfs the web at nearly the same speed as when they are surfing over Wi-Fi, why is this important news? Because AT&T no longer allows iPhone users to download files or peer to peer file transfer documents via a 3G connection. That means that an iPhone user can’t download music from iTunes via 3G. Lame. However, if the user is near a hotspot, they CAN download from iTunes.

Now, if only my iPhone battery would last through an average Wi-Fi web surffing session, this might be good news. In reality, it’s just a replacement for what AT&T should be allowing users to do via 3G anyway.

Written by Todd · Filed Under Internet, Mobile, WiFi