AT&T rolls out free AT&T WiFi HotSpot service for AT&T LaptopConnect mobile broadband customers
By Will Park on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 4:20 PM PST In AT&T, Announcements, Apple, Services, iPhone
While iPhone owners will just have to keep waiting for AT&T to get its ducks in line and decide when, exactly, they want to officially offer iPhone customers a free ride on AT&T (NYSE: T)’s WiFi HotSpot locations in the US, AT&T LaptopConnect mobile broadband customers can now enjoy free access to all AT&T WiFi HotSpot locations McDonald’s, Starbucks and Barnes & Nobles locations.
AT&T today announced that the free WiFi HotSpot service is included in customers’ LaptopConnect mobile broadband plans. It seems that the No. 1 US wireless carriers wants to encourage customers to surf the web through its WiFi HotSpot network when possible, easing the burden on the 3G wireless network and opening up the “tubes” for other 3G-connected customers.
As far as the iPhone, it seems that AT&T is waiting to time the launch of the free iPhone WiFi HotSpot service with the 3G iPhone’s launch next month. Keep checking back for the latest details…
[Via: PCWorld]
I had an at&t laptopconnect card. The ad on tv is bull. It is multiple times slower than cable. With full signal strength in a USB 2 port is is painfully slow. You can play a game of Solitaire while the dam thing loads a page. And it is not free. You pay $100.00 plus tax and if you can stand it, in six to eight week they send you a debit card for $100. I returned mine and they wanted to charge me a $35.00 restocking charge. I told them I would deduct it from my phone bill so they relented and gave me a full refund. I don’t like Sprint but you can get a better card free from them if you buy it online.