We asked you this week which Wi-Fi hotspot provider you found to be the worst, in terms of working connections, that were fast enough to get things done. We wanted to pool your experience, and find out who you thought was the worst Wi-Fi hotspot provider in the UK. Click through for the results.
Last week we reported on our tests on Wi-Fi hotspots around central London. We found that 33 per cent of the BT Openzone hotspots we tried were not responsive. We classed something as unresponsive when it either wasn’t there, we couldn’t log in, or couldn’t load the log in page. BT Openzone, while its failure rate wasn’t as bad as The Cloud, had much poorer speeds. Today, BT Openzone has responded to the results.
Do you use Wi-Fi hotspots? They’re everywhere, on trains, planes, in pubs and parks, but last week we found massive Wi-Fi hotspot failure rates when we tested the two biggest providers in the UK. We want to know if the provider you use is a Wi-Fi NotSpot horror or a hotspot hero. Tell us where you go for reliable Wi-Fi, and who you steer clear of…
Wi-Fi hotspot giving you grief? You’re not alone. We’ve studied central London Wi-Fi providers and found a shocking statistic: 40% of paid-for hotspots just don’t work. Read on, and see why we’re riled over wonky Wi-Fi NotSpots.
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Fancy updating your Facebook status with “…is using Wi-Fi on the Tube LOL”? Well from next week you can do so without fibbing, because London Underground is switching on its first wireless hotspot next Monday, 1 November.
BT has launched a free mobile app for iPhone and Android, reportedly taking the pain out of connecting to one of the company’s 1.6 million Wi-Fi hotspots. The app gives BT Total Broadband customers an automatic connection to any BT OpenZone and BT FON hotspots within range.
FaceTime’s data usage is hefty, and it got us wondering if when you’re out and about using Wi-Fi hotspots, whether hotspot operators will kick you off if you’re FaceTiming, like, all the time. We asked around about fair usage policies from three of the UK’s largest Wi-Fi providers, and found that if you’re wanting to make free FaceTime calls risk-free, then The Cloud is heads above.
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