Friday, July 18, 2008

AT&T Opens Up Free Wi-Fi for iPhone Users -- Again -- Then Pulls It -- Again

Update: Not only have they pulled the iPhone part of the page, they've pulled the whole page. No idea why they keep making the same mistake, over and over again.

Free access at AT&T hotspots for iPhone users was first announced at the beginning of May, but it was then disabled, possibly because of the hack mentioned above which let non-iPhone ... and even PC users ... gain access. But apparently it's back again. The assumption is they somehow really fixed it (or broke it, depending on your point of view) this time.

Besides telling us they feel wi-fi is hot, as hot as the summer, AT&T dishes on the support in small print at the bottom of their wi-fi page:

Find AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots

AT&T offers free Wi-Fi access to iPhone customers in our network of over 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including Starbucks*. Locate the AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots in cafés, bookstores, airports, hotels, and universities in your area or search for a Starbucks location near you.
Quick, someone try that hack again. As before, you have to login w/ your iPhone number, so this should be an offer only those with AT&T accounts on an iPhone, not unlocked iPhones, can use. Unless, of course, the hack still works and you have a friend's iPhone number.

Update: We're hearing that AT&T is saying the info was posted in error. Strange since it's still there on their website. You may have to zoom in, but I snipped a screenshot of their page as I write this. Snipped most of it so you could tell it was an AT&T page.

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