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Starbucks Free Wifi - Any luck?
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nolan



Joined: 13 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:14 am    Post subject: Starbucks Free Wifi - Any luck? Reply with quote
I know there is free wifi in starbucks. A Korean friend of mine, connects to the NESPOT network, opens a browser logs in to a portal with her info and away she goes.

I can connect to the network which looks like a standard NESPOT connection but I am not redirected to the appropriate portal nor can I navigate to it manually. I'm never actually assigned an IP and try as I might I can't figure out what's up.

I'm using English version of Vista on a Canadian Dell Laptop.

Anyone had luck getting free starbucks Internet on their setup?
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NESPOT is not free.
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nolan



Joined: 13 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I realize NESPOT typically isn't free but Starbucks actually has a free wifi in Busan that I believe to be through NESPOT. I can't remember for certain but I am 99% it is a NESPOT portal and it is definitely advertised as free in the couple starbucks I have frequented here.
My Korean friend has confirmed many times that she doesn't pay for it and I've seen the signs.
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keseki



Joined: 22 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
there is free wifi at starbucks courtesy of google. i've seen it in my neighbourhood shop in bundang as well as others in seoul.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've picked up NESPOT for free on my Ipod Touch before. Not lately though and not at Starbucks.
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nolan wrote:
I realize NESPOT typically isn't free but Starbucks actually has a free wifi in Busan that I believe to be through NESPOT. I can't remember for certain but I am 99% it is a NESPOT portal and it is definitely advertised as free in the couple starbucks I have frequented here.
My Korean friend has confirmed many times that she doesn't pay for it and I've seen the signs.


Are you in Busan? I know Seomyeon has a lot of non-Starbucks cafes with Wi-Fi. The Pascucci franchise always seems to have it but so do the other well known franchises.
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Desuax



Joined: 30 Jan 2009
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get it on my ipod, thats it
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can get portable keys/watches that tell if wi-fi is available in an area. You can even get t-shirts that change color when there's wi-fi in an area!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/991e/

The only potential problem I can see is that the t-shirt doesn't give the security status of a signal. Nespot is ridiculously prohibitive (unless it's free!).
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ciccone_youth



Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can usually pick up wifi on my ipod at starbucks, or any cafe.
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Sapa



Joined: 05 Nov 2007
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
strange as I've never picked up free wifi at starbucks in Seoul. It always links to nespot requiring a log-in.
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OneWayTraffic



Joined: 14 Mar 2005
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Given the very low cost of Internet in Seoul, no bandwidth limits and the appeal of free Wifi, I'm suprised that Nespot can find a market.

Wibro is absolutely worth a look. And it works on subways and buses.
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nolan



Joined: 13 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some tech savvy person needs to go to a Starbucks and try to figure this out.
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