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I'm sat in a deserted corridor in my University's Chemistry department, and I was just wondering if any of my fellow netizens have ever found themselves sat by a laptop taking advantage of a randomly placed WiFi hotspot?

(Also, that's some quite good alliteration in the thread title, methinks)

I'm sat in a deserted corridor in my University's Chemistry department, and I was just wondering if any of my fellow netizens have ever found themselves sat by a laptop taking advantage of a randomly placed WiFi hotspot?

(Also, that's some quite good alliteration in the thread title, methinks)

Attics, boiler rooms, bathrooms you name it

Maybe its because I am the head of my universities network :-P you have to test it from everywhere (we are 100 percent covered)

On a balcony in the heart of Stockholm in the summer of this year, I have no idea how I found a signal I think it was because I was near a load of offices as there were a lot of wireless signals at least 14 of them.

I was on a train actually. I was heading from the Boston city center to the Brighton/Allston area, on the green line. The greenline for those who don't know is a tram line that runs both above ground and below ground depending on where you were.

I had my laptop out on the trian watching a movie, when the train passed by Boston University. For about five minutes as the train rambled on past BU I managed to hijack into their signal that was bleeding out from their buildings and receivable from the train as it passed by.

Random two car parking lot in Sausalito when I was lost.

In the middle of a park near Buckingham Palace.

McDonalds?
I don't know, I don't have anything with WiFi. I was just playing some kids DS.

I never used a laptop to surf teh interwebs

I'm sat in a deserted corridor in my University's Chemistry department, and I was just wondering if any of my fellow netizens have ever found themselves sat by a laptop taking advantage of a randomly placed WiFi hotspot?

(Also, that's some quite good alliteration in the thread title, methinks)

if a Wireless LAN counts...


inside the OR while someone was having a... *ahem* procedure done.

Never WiFi'd, and I really don't know how to.

Sorry for my ignorance.

well, it wasn't wi-fi per se, but an interesting story nonetheless:

I was in an airplane en route from Chicago to New York, typing something on my laptop, when a little window pops up in the corner "wireless networks detected"

I was dumbfounded.

I was literally 20,000 feet above the surface of the earth, and I got a signal from somewhere.

When I clicked to see what ungodly network could reach that far, I discovered (unfortunately) that it was merely the computer-to-computer network of another passenger on the plane.

unfortunately, it was protected.

Taking a crap in starbucks.

Attics, boiler rooms, bathrooms you name it

Maybe its because I am the head of my universities network :-P you have to test it from everywhere (we are 100 percent covered)

Wow! *jealousy* My Uni is lightyears beyind in wirelessing up the place, hence why I am in an abandoned corridor... knowing my luck they'll probably set it all up as soon as I leave.

In the middle of a park near Buckingham Palace.

ZOMG! J00 woz st33ling teh Kw33n's 1nter|\|etz!!!11

A bus. The Hampton Jitney is a bus that goes between New York city and the Hamptons, which I take frequently. Luckily for me, it has free wi-fi onboard..."rolling wireless" I think it's called.

well, it wasn't wi-fi per se, but an interesting story nonetheless:

I was in an airplane en route from Chicago to New York, typing something on my laptop, when a little window pops up in the corner "wireless networks detected"

I was dumbfounded.

I was literally 20,000 feet above the surface of the earth, and I got a signal from somewhere.

When I clicked to see what ungodly network could reach that far, I discovered (unfortunately) that it was merely the computer-to-computer network of another passenger on the plane.

unfortunately, it was protected.

that would have been rediculously awesome had it been an actual internet connection. I suspect whatever passenger was doing that was probably in violation of the plane's policies...I bet that could screw with the navigation equipment or something.

A bus. The Hampton Jitney is a bus that goes between New York city and the Hamptons, which I take frequently. Luckily for me, it has free wi-fi onboard..."rolling wireless" I think it's called.

wow, that's awesome!

Yeah, and it's totally free, even on the "coach" bus, which is the one I take. AFAIK it's the only system like it in the area...if not the country.

1st, kudos for just an original thread topic. 2nd, I think I did it in a subways or burger king once.

i honestly thought this was some sort of euphemism. my wireless thigymabob has only worked so far in the uni library. anywhere else it'll recognise some signal or something but won't connect.

there was a hotspot at church, but they tightened security :(

I often surf on my palm while shopping at the grocery store, that's not as much fun though, just going to company websites.

At a red light in my car in Boston.

A bus. The Hampton Jitney is a bus that goes between New York city and the Hamptons, which I take frequently. Luckily for me, it has free wi-fi onboard..."rolling wireless" I think it's called.

Only in the Hamptons

Where is the weirdest place you've ever WiFi'd?


"That'd be up the butt, Bob."