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Sep30th

Great Cities to Utilize Mobile Internet

There are lots of ways to use wireless internet from mobile broadband to 4G but if you really want to milk your mobile connection you’ve got to get outside. Here are a few of our favorite outdoor cities to enjoy your mobile internet:
Austin, TX – The city of the weird has enough character and music to go around but bet you didn’t know what a great (more…)

Oct26th

The Top Cities For Finding Wireless Hotspots

Experts have estimated that there are as many as 4 million hotspots located in cities all around the world, making it difficult to know which cities are the best for finding wireless hotspots. Many of these millions of hotspots can be accessed in various locations or are available city-wide either for local residents, tourists or both.

Knowing which cities are the best for finding wireless hotspots can depend upon your individual needs:

Free City-Wide Access
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Oct24th

How to Tether a Cell Phone to a Laptop

Tethering a cell phone to a laptop allows you to use your phone’s data connection on your laptop. For most devices, this means you’ll be able to surf the web on your computer at 3G speeds, although 4G speeds are available on some devices. The exact steps to tethering are specific to the device and cell carrier, but the general steps remain the same.

One option to tether a smartphone is through the use of a USB cord. With this method, you’ll just need your phone, a laptop,, and a USB cord.Get more information here. http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2011/09/-o2-tethering-how-to-set-up-your-android-phone.html Connect (more…)

Oct21st

Surfing in Local Book Stores for Free

If you have a smartphone, a laptop, or any other wifi device, there is no reason you should not be able to get wifi at a nearby location. Unless you are in a remote suburban area, you are sure to find a bookstore in that major city.

All the bookstores almost always have free wifi, and this is one of the main reasons people go to a bookstore. They can read, but they can also sit there and use wifi. Also, (more…)

Jun22nd

Cities With the Fastest Mobile Speeds

Many people may be shocked to learn that the United States doesn’t even crack the top ten when it comes to internet and mobile speeds. The country with the fastest mobile network is Japan, with 58 percent of its connections above 5mbps. Canada even has a faster on average mobile connection than that of the United States.

Of the fastest 100 cities in the world, only 8 cities from the United States made the list, with Riverside, California being number 1 (more…)

May28th

See Regular Versions of Websites With a Phone

When using a smart phone to browse the web such as an iPhone, or HTC Desire S, you will usually either be using an app to access particular high traffic web sites, or you will be redirected to a mobile version. Usually the mobile versions of the site are just optimized for the small screen, but occasionally they lack certain features that you really need to access. This article will discuss how to view the full website that you would normally see on (more…)

May21st

Finding Free Wireless Hot Spots Easily

In this day and age internet is becoming almost a necessity. Whether you are accessing it from your phone or computer, it is hard to go a day without checking your email or social networking site. If you don’t have Wireless at your home, it can be important to know where to go to access the internet. Lucky for us, many places offer free wireless, you just need to know where to look!

An important place to look for free Wireless internet is your local library. If you have a (more…)