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Minor win: it's fantastic for tourists. Roaming kills, and it's great to have access to free wifi (maps, booking sites, e-mail, messaging, whatsapp calls, &c) i

Minor win: it's fantastic for tourists. Roaming kills, and it's great to have access to free wifi (maps, booking sites, e-mail, messaging, whatsapp calls, &c) in a foreign country.

santaclaus 11y ago
Agreed -- Vienna has free wifi (at least in the CBD) and this was awesome when visiting the city.
- kuschku 11y ago
  And on the Donauinsel! Nothing over drinking with friends at 3am on the Donauinsel and enjoying the free WiFi.
- lmcnish14 11y ago
  Same for Wellington's waterfront wifi! It was very helpful for quick Skype calls and looking up information, especially when internet anywhere else in the city was very expensive.
hkmurakami 11y ago
The Free Wifi in the train stations in Japan has saved my butt on many occasions :)
ChatSim 11y ago
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746F7475 11y ago
Major loss when "bad guys" steal all your credentials or is NYC also providing everyone with free VPN?
- cmdrfred 11y ago
  If you exchange credentials in plain text, your gonna have a bad time.
- sbierwagen 11y ago
  That requires either sending login information over http (thankfully rare in 2016) or breaking https, which is much harder nowadays with modern browsers-- most of the tricks sslstrip[1] used no longer work due to key pinning, etc. 1: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/ http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/

Minor win: it's fantastic for tourists. Roaming kills, and it's great to have access to free wifi (maps, booking sites, e-mail, messaging, whatsapp calls, &c) in a foreign country.

santaclaus 11y ago

Agreed -- Vienna has free wifi (at least in the CBD) and this was awesome when visiting the city.

kuschku 11y ago
And on the Donauinsel! Nothing over drinking with friends at 3am on the Donauinsel and enjoying the free WiFi.
lmcnish14 11y ago
Same for Wellington's waterfront wifi! It was very helpful for quick Skype calls and looking up information, especially when internet anywhere else in the city was very expensive.

hkmurakami 11y ago

The Free Wifi in the train stations in Japan has saved my butt on many occasions :)

ChatSim 11y ago

If you travel a lot and want to save on roaming costs, try ChatSim! ChatSim is the first sim that lets you exchange unlimited instant messages and emoji, all over the world, using the most popular instant messaging apps, for only 10 euros/year, even without a WiFi connection. ChatSim can connect to the roaming operators, without charging in roaming. You can use: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Telegram, BBM, Line, Kik, Hike, Kakao, and QQi. ChatSim also works with 4G technology. If you want to know more about ChatSim Unlimited, visit our website: http://www.chatsim.com/en http://www.chatsim.com/en

746F7475 11y ago

Major loss when "bad guys" steal all your credentials or is NYC also providing everyone with free VPN?

cmdrfred 11y ago
If you exchange credentials in plain text, your gonna have a bad time.
sbierwagen 11y ago
That requires either sending login information over http (thankfully rare in 2016) or breaking https, which is much harder nowadays with modern browsers-- most of the tricks sslstrip[1] used no longer work due to key pinning, etc. 1: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/ http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslstrip/