Free wi-fi hotspots listings
I found wififreespot.com to be pretty complimentary to, say, jwire.com, which lists mainly commercial wi-fi providers, e.g., Starbucks, Kinkos, hotels, etc.
No idea on the accuracy of the listings, yet. All such listings should also have a last-verified-date to indicate a hotspot’s staleness, which Cleveland Wifi Wiki just put in.
Anyway, we’re going to be at the MARC2005 conference this weekend, so the Wisconsin listing is nice to have, so I don’t have to rely on the hotel for internet access.
Update: Also, this article on cafes on Madison’s State Street from a blog posting by Ann Althouse. Almost every coffee shop in the University district seems to have some sort of Wifi, though I’m not sure what the “Cafe Connection” provider is, and whether they charge for it.
I suppose that at some (hopefully not too distant) future date, Wifi will be sufficiently prevalent so that websites and lists of locations are no longer needed: it’ll be as if casual dining establishments advertised that, yes, they have restrooms.