MacRumors was among the first last week to report that iPhone owners were enjoying free WiFi at AT&T hotspots, but after a few days of wireless bliss, the service disappeared. I suspect part of that shut down was due to folks spoofing the Mobile Safari User Agent on notebooks, but that’s just a guess. Looks like the free service wasn’t a fluke though: MacRumors astutely noticed this tidbit on the official AT&T iPhone rate plans page:“To use iPhone, you’ll need to sign up for a 2-year service agreement. Plans start at $59.99 and include Visual Voicemail, Unlimited Data (email and web), 200 SMS text messages and access to AT&T’s more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks* all for use in the U.S.*Wi-Fi available at U.S. company operated Starbucks locations equipped with a hotspot.”AT&T doesn’t indicate how much access you’ll have, so it could be limited. You should get two-hours of free WiFi per day when you make a purchase with a Starbucks card, so perhaps it’s the same limited deal. Regardless, I’d expect iPhone users to see the free WiFi access back in the very short term. Unlimited would be nice, but I’d take two hours.
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