[Wylug-discuss] Wireless spots around Leeds (was WYLUG OpenStreetMap thing...)

[Louisa Parry]

On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 10:26 +0000, Towle, William wrote:
>   Provision is actually with The Cloud, and -based on this
> past month's experience- some pubs have been offering the
> service longer than it's been advertised as available or
> on trial.
> 
>   You will need to get the leaflet from the bar (folded
> A4; there are diagrams and instructions for Windows and Mac)
> for the username and password. Unlike the Stick, Beckett's
> Bank had plenty of these.
>   Sadly this means the "should just work" advice from the
> Stick's bar staff the day before was a poor reinterpretation
> of the window stickers' "switch on your wi-fi enabled laptop
> and start surfing" at best (unless, say, Windows hops on the
> strongest unsecured signal by default? That would be
> worrying) but -on the other hand- thumbs up for the
> attention to detail within the leaflets.
> 
> HTH,
>   Wills.
> 
> PS. There's a distinct lack of small print, including
> anything about buying any drinks at all ... though there is
> a subtle hint they might prefer it if you did (no, I won't
> spoil the "surprise").


Wills,

Thanks for doing all this intrepid research - let's hope it works on
Sunday.

For future event planning etc, does anyone know of any other venues with
free wireless around the city centre (or around about)?

-Louisa :)