Freespot

Hi guys,

For those freespot wireless internet locations in Japan, how do I connect with my wifi device??

Do I need to register/password/log-in or is it simply an open WLAN that I just click on??

Thanks!!

If you're talking about the ones similar to the ones in the airport, it's not free. You have to sign up or buy free. You have to sign up or buy a users card to use their service.

Dom,

According to the website, sometimes, you just connect as you would for any free Wifi, but at some places there is a password indicated on the posters in the shop which you need to enter.


Sam,

Freespot is free of charge.

I tried using the freespot in the airport but found out it wasn't free.

Sam,

I tried using the freespot in the airport but found out it wasn't free.

Assuming you are talking about Narita Airport, the Freespot website says there are locations in both terminals, and they are both free of charge. Are you sure these were the ones you were trying to access?

http://www.freespot.com/map/list.php?District=%2Fmap%2Flist....

Hi,
Yes, it was in the Narita Airport. I found a FreeSpot and was excited about using it, but I couldn't, at least not for free. There was a vending machine to buy time, or I could have bought time online, but I wasn't interested. This was last year, 2007, around August. It may have changed since then though.

Anyone know it is free or do I have to pay to use Freespot in the airport? If anyone has used it recently, please let me know. I'm usually looking for free places to use the internet.

Internet cafes don't seem so popular here as in the states. The Starbucks in my area don't even have wireless access. The only free ones that I've found are my neighbors. Someone is paying for it though. ;)

FREESPOT in Japan is a particular service name, not "free WiFi spot" in general. It's of course free of charge.

It depends on airports whether or not FREESPOT or any other free WiFi spot is available.

Are the airport wireless spots free or not? Sorry, but I just can't follow all these posts.

It depends on airports. Some are free, others are not.

Don't libraries have free internet access? I know in the States, all libraries have free computer uses for residents.

Maxwell,

Don't libraries have free internet access? I know in the States, all libraries have free computer uses for residents.

I've never been to one that had internet access.
Most people these days have mobile phones that offer some internet functions, and manga kissa (internet cafes) are everywhere.

I used a computer that was available in a Japanese public library. Maybe it depends on which library?

I think the computers in libraries are available to residents only.