Archive for the ‘Wireless’ Category
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
We've got FREE WiFi at the Araneta Center!
WiFi is available at Araneta Coliseum, Gateway mall, Shopwise (not available within the supermarket area) and Ali Mall (restaurant row only).
Reminds me of Free hotspots in Singapore Malls. Just sniff for WiFi and you'll find a free and open hotspot.
Someday, the Philippines will have ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Ads, bugs and poor grammar, that's what's more!
I was in Rockwell at Seattle's best on New Year's eve, sending out last minute emails that I wanted to close before the year ended.
I sniffed for a WiFi Hotspot and true enough, there was a free and open Wigo hotspot. Thought I ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
In a previous article I spoke about WiFi hotspot hunting in Baguio City. Back then [maybe almost a year ago] I was able to identify two hotspot. One is in SM city at Figaro they have an airborne access hotspot there, of course you need to pay unless you have ...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Hi this is Edwin otherwise known as Ka Edong on technobiography.
In this podcast, I’m going to talk about Smart Bro Quickfix.
Smart Bro Quickfix is an application that can be downloaded at the smart website; it’s a diagnostic application that you run when you’re having problems with your Smart Bro connection. ...
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
Bonifacio day last week, I had work!
Fortunately, I did my work from Baguio (my hometown).
But my parent's dial-up Internet was not enough for my broadband work needs.
So I scuttled to Figaro in Filling Station, John Hay and accessed their hotspot.
I've accessed the hotspot before, but it was all soooo expensive ...
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
Oh, so that's how it's supposed to work.
I've always passed by Internet kiosks like this in Shangri-La Mall, EDSA. But they're always either not working or asking for a password.
This kiosk in Filling-station, John Hay provides Internet access to any user, without any login required. It gets the connection via ...
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Got myself a Smart WiFly account. (Frankly, another service brandname that sucks). For an additional P100/month on top of my current Smart WiFi (Smart Bro) Account, I get an unlimited Airborne Access account.
The low-down:
A good deal for me who has access to Airborne Access hotspots in Mandaluyong, Baguio, Makati etc.
I've ...
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
We like competition! That's my first take on the entry of Globe in the service of mobile Internet access anytime anywhere.
Globe introduced Globe Visibility around two weeks ago. "The ultimate in mobile Internet", "Mobile Broadbank with HSDPA".
What gives? The Globe Visibility flyer says:
Surf the internetn through different means - GPRS, ...
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
I had to get a good internet access from my laptop in Baguio. I used it to make Skype calls.
So I used Airborne Access at the Figaro at the Filling Station in John Hay. It cost me P100 for the first card and boy does 1-hour fly so fast when ...
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
A trend I observed a couple of months ago. WiFi hotspots in gasoline station convenience stores.
There's a WiFi hotspot at the Petron gas station EDSA cor Pasay Road in Makati. The WiFi hotspot is branded ConneX and the poster says it's free free free. Same goes for Petron EDSA at ...
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