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A script to find public wireless hotspots Apps
Ok this is a quick repurposing of the eBay auction script I submitted the other day, but perhaps someone can use it. Just enter the name of your town in the dialog box and it'll look up open WiFi hotspots.
set my_town to "AnyTown"

tell application "Finder"
  display dialog ¬
    "What's the name of your town?:" default answer my_town ¬
    buttons {"OK"} default button 1
  set my_town to text returned of the result
  tell application "Safari"
    activate
    open location ¬
      "http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/wireless/s.asp?qu=" & ¬
      my_town
  end tell
end tell
[robg adds: Yes, you can do this by bookmarking the ezgoal site, but if you travel a lot, you may find it easier to just run the script instead of loading the page, entering the city, hitting Search, etc. each time...]
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A script to find public wireless hotspots
Authored by: ygor on Jun 02, '03 12:01:48PM

OK, but what good is the WiFi info ?

I checked for DUlles Airport 'cause I fly out of there a few times a year and all it tells me is that there is a WiFI run by IAD Admiral's Club sponsored by T-Mobile -- no info about how to connect to it or anything.



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open==no password
Authored by: macubergeek on Jun 02, '03 12:49:01PM

My sense is that this page searches for open wifi hotspots, ie not protected by WEP or passwords.

If you are at Dulles and in range of the WAP you should see their network and be able to select it under the wireless menu pulldown.



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A script to find public wireless hotspots
Authored by: Kristo on Jun 02, '03 12:20:54PM
of course, in camino you can bookmark http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/wireless/s.asp?qu=%s
(note the %s at the end) and add a keyword to the bookmark.
you only have to type keyword + town (f.ex: hs drammen) to search for wifi spots.

this is just a modification of the keyword searches hint.

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Non-US Coverage?
Authored by: Enkerli on Jun 02, '03 12:27:20PM

Well, this has more to do with the ezgoal site itself...
It seems to only cover some services, at least in non-US cities. I know for a fact there are hotspots in Halifax, Nova Scotia (I used one just this Saturday) but searching for Halifax produces no result.

Still, thanks for the link (and tip).



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A script to find public wireless hotspots
Authored by: dica on Jun 02, '03 09:23:20PM
macubbergeek, great tip!

Here, this script will do the same in whatever browser is the one you use:


set thetown to display dialog ¬
  " In what city do you want to find a hotspot? " default answer ""
open location " http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/wireless/s.asp?qu= " & thetown

 

Regards

dica

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Where's my state???
Authored by: slytle on Jun 03, '03 07:41:16AM

This site has wi-fi in every state in the Union, except for mine!!!!
Anybody know which one is missing?/

http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/wireless/



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Lousy Database
Authored by: danielmaui on Jun 13, '03 03:05:29PM

I work with a company that offers 4 public access locations in major hotels (1 Waikiki, 3 Maui) and they aren't listed though all the other major listings have us. Guess I'll have to contact them AGAIN. If you do use their website, what an eyesore! And furthermore, enter Hawaii and you end up with 10 out-of-state locations ranging from NY to Colorado. What the ??



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