marronn

Where in London is there free wifi,does starbucks have it? Thank you

PatrickLondon

Yes, Starbucks does, and lots of other places as well.

Here's one list, and I think it probably understates the position:

http://www.timeout.com/london/galler...i-fi-in-london

GBbabe

My understanding last summer was that Starbucks' wifi is free if you have Starbucks card and register it online. You can easily get a card and load 10pounds on it for coffee to drink while you are surfing.

McDonalds has free wifi with fairly acceptable speed for everything other than streaming. For streaming, use Starbucks.

flanneruk

In the past year, two organisations have issued self-aggrandising puffery about "ground-breaking" free WiFi, driven by transmitters on public street furniture, in Central London.

Neither are mentioned in the Time Out article Patrick quotes. Personally, I suspect a serious dose of vapourware here (if these organisations really were capable of providing enough bandwidth to meet everyone's demands for free, they'd put ordinary broadband suppliers out of business). But maybe there's more to these announcements than a couple of meaningless press releases.

Investigate a trial Nokia made a huge song and dance about last autumn (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...to-london.html)

And a broadly similar, but even more bumptiously arrogant, trial O2 say they'll be launching sometime this year in the City of Westminster and in Kensington & Chelsea (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...to-london.html)

If you find there's any beef in either of these apparent stunts, let us all know.

MmePerdu

Last spring while I was staying in Hampstead I tried the Starbucks wifi using the card they made me buy if I wanted to use it. I never succeeded in logging in, nor could they help me with it. So I got a refund and crossed the street to McDonald's where it was simple and straightforward, actually free, the staff cheerful and happy to have me there. What can I say.

PatrickLondon

You'll find quite a lot of independent cafes and pubs will have it, though they might not make much of a public display of it.

KayF

We found McDonalds easy to logon for free but in Starbucks you had to register in some fashion first, I can't remember the details but you couldn't just buy a coffee then logon.

Kay

jamikins

Youngs pubs also provide it - just ask at the bar when you order and get the password.

gh21

In Oct 2011, we had no problem accessing wifi at Starbucks. Can't remember the details but I think I had to register for FREE on their wifi access site and then was good to go. Just ask at the counter. Pret a Manger also has free wifi with easy access. I would buy a bottle of water and sit as long as I wanted to catch up with news, e-mail etc.

marronn

Thank you all!