the-rhymes Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Can anyone add to my tiny list of free (or price of a drink) Wi-fi hotspots on the Isle of Man? The Airport Bar George (does this work?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Manx Museum Sea Terminal IOM Business School Villa Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 could we make this a sticky once we have a good few places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearz Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I don't see why not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alias Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hospital still offer free wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 EVeryone with their PSP's to the Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Liverpool Arms?? I know they have been in the past - do they still do it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Liverpool Arms?? I know they have been in the past - do they still do it??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Worked in May but the food is expensive and in my opinion not so great. When over last time I nipped down to the airport when I wanted a decent download rate as I only have the dial-up from home. We need free WiFi up North! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 What sort of speeds to people get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
access55 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Crush Juice Bar on North Quay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 What sort of speeds to people get? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the hairyport is circa 2MB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posters Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Bar George (does this work?) They told me they stopped it because of some Athol Street types using it for their business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 Bar George (does this work?) They told me they stopped it because of some Athol Street types using it for their business <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that was the point, so long as people buy food or drink they can use the bandwidth. Was it so powerful that the surrounding buildings could connect? I have heard of web designers operating out of coffee shops in the USA so long as they keep slurping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Bar George (does this work?) They told me they stopped it because of some Athol Street types using it for their business <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that was the point, so long as people buy food or drink they can use the bandwidth. Was it so powerful that the surrounding buildings could connect? I have heard of web designers operating out of coffee shops in the USA so long as the keep slurping... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> World record for standard PC WiFi is about 200km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 World record for standard PC WiFi is about 200km. Take it you don't mean "standard" out of the box kit - more 802.11 type stuff with yagi/colinear/ ex-satellite antenna??? I've made a "bi-quad" out of single sided PCB and had a good signal from up top of Creg-ny-Bar to Gov. Hill (2-3 miles maybe). bi-quad & old sat antenna - Bi-quad I made using same dimensions as one above, but instead of copper wire for the radiator I just etched the dimensions onto a piece of PCB. - I haven't tried using the above with a sat antenna, but have heard you can get 40 miles or so with this kind of setup. - I can't remember what the max (legal) eirp is for 802.11, but I think you're not allowed to use an antenna with more than 6db gain (correct me if I'm wrong here). - Think the point regarding Bar George & "Athol Street users" was more to do with offices outside the premises using the bandwidth, rather than punters??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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