We are all fans of wireless connections and it seems that if it’s free it’s better. True. I love drinking my cup of coffee while surfing for news in various locations in my town, but there are a few (which I don’t usually visit) that like charging for WiFi internet. Pay-per-use internet. Why you ask? I am asking the same question! There is however a new piece of hardware, the WiFi Liberator Toolkit that opens up “private wireless nodes to encourage the proliferation of free networks and connectivity across the planet.”

It is mainly used to retransmit the paid WiFi connection for free, to your friends. Like that you turn the locked node into a free node where everyone can connect for internet access. This new WiFi Liberator device is only available on Apple laptops (OSX 10.3 or later) right now but will soon be able on Microsoft Windows, too. Here’s a list of what you would need to unlock Pay-per-use Wireless Networks: an USB wireless network adapter and the WiFi Liberator software.
Depending on how well this new product will be marketed I am quite curious what will happen to all these new pay-per-use internet providers. Will they give in, and make our days easier?
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