Anybody out there regularly use the wireless hotspot things round the country ?

What provider would you suggest ? I've seen BT Openzone and Vodafone - anybody got any experiences or suggestions ?

And finally just for clarification, as long as the laptop is WiFi enabled e.g. Centrino or has appropriate PCMCIA 802.B card thingy, is it just a matter of signing up with your chosen provider go to an appropriate hotstop, sign in and you can read/send e-mails, surf the web, get access to work etc ?

Thanks.

Yeah it is just signing up and then u get a username and password for it...and I'm pretty sure it runs on B and G so you should be fine.

Its never anywhere I go really so I've never signed up, so don't know what its like but http://www.btopenzone.com/ has got all the info

Most MaccyDs have it, as do a lot of motorway services and Starbucks

I've used Openzone. My only problem with them is that all these things are expensive and I don't reckon they are very good value - but, if you need it that doesn't matter.

I've used a laptop and a PDa to connect - both worked fine.

ahem... *cough*

select one and register for a free 30 day trial... im on the HP one at the moment

I have been using btopenzone for a few months now and find the acces to be quite good, there is a phone number you can ring to find your nearest hotspot. The cheapest solution long term i found (if they are still doing the offer) was to get bt broadband and tehn sign up for openzone, they gave me the first 3 months for

ahem... *cough*

select one and register for a free 30 day trial... im on the HP one at the moment

Brilliant - I'll start working through them myself too! Just finished a free trial of it with my ISP and wasn't looking forward to paying next time I used it

Steve

Oh, and it's a 90 day offer with BA

Steve