WiFi WTF?

yes you need a wireless adapter or you can also get a dongle that will connect wirelessly, you can find these on sale everywhere or most new laptops already have a wireless adapter included. Feel free to have a look at my profile 2nd banner down on right and do a search for wireless adapters and you should find a few for sale on there, as be cheaper than buying a wireless enabled laptop. hope this helps,

If your laptop is capable of picking up a wireless connection, then you would be able to use that connection in those restaurants where they have it free. All new laptops are probably wireless ready. And yes, it's free for everyone who is able to pull it up on their laptop.

I believe you have to have a wireless card in your laptop. I think you also have to be more careful, I don't thing the connection is as secure. I just use a desk top system, I am happy with that.

Well it doesnt work on my ipod. I get the signal but cant connect for some reason. They may have to call the city to find out how to access it.

That would be great if we can connect to that wifi for free. Imagine how much we can save in surfing the internet and reading our emails with that free internet connection. In our place, there are plenty of free wifi zones but we still have to secure passwords from the owner of the wifi internet...

no idea i assume that you will be charged for having the system in your restaurant, but to use the facility no you dont have to pay as a customer

I sure hope you got lots of answers on this one. I want to know. Some people want to wire our town. Maybe I just hope you got the Right answers on this.

i am sorry grandpa bob that, i am not very familiar with how wifi works. however, since this has been made accessible in your entire city then, it must be for free. there is no way that they can be tracing who are the people who are accessing the facility if the entire city is wifi ready. as for your laptop, i believe that that is also wifi ready. meaning, you can immediately access the facility using that laptop. since accessing this technology is something which is new to you, you can always approach someone who is knowledgeable on the matter to teach you how to do it right. there must be somebody in your neighborhood who would be willing to help.

If its a laptop bought with in the last 4 years wifi tends to be built in. otherwise you can get a usb stick (about 40 cdn dollars) that plugs in that does wireless. some places offer wireless free and others you will access it then it will say such and such a company hosts this how long do you want to use it for and you'll have to provide a credit card number (a few airports i've been to do this others offer it free)

I noticed that a lot of people seem to think the service HAS to be free, but I am sure they can charge for it. Or perhaps only offer it to people who are residents of that city. Just like any other place that offers wireless access can charge for it, or put conditions on it. (For example, I can get free access at Starbucks if I use my gift card. They require you to set up an account that will not work if you haven't used a card in 30 days.) I would imagine the city might be providing this as a service, but they can limit access. OK...I just did a quick search and I came up with this, which makes me think it is not free. This link explains about the project:http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/wirelessminneapolis/ This is the link to the company working on this: http://www.usiwireless.com/ The company website mentions prices "as low as $14.95 a month", so while it seems it is not free, it is quite a good deal, but perhaps not if you are only using it at the restaurant and not as your main internet connection at home.