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The Kensington Wi-Fi Finder: Now You Find It, Now You Don't!

By Alan Pearlman
April 29, 2004

Any attorney or legal assistant who in the past few months has purchased a Wi-Fi ready laptop or similar device is in for some exciting news! Simply put, more establishments than ever before, including your favorite coffee stop or fast-food hang out, are setting up Wi-Fi wireless Internet connections ' commonly referred to as “Hot Spots.”

These hot spot areas can be accessed by merely walking into your favorite establishment and connecting, for a fee or even free in some locations. But the problem seems to be how to locate these spots. The hot spots are not well advertised and have no identifying symbols so that we can scout them out, albeit, McDonalds seems to use a sign with a large “M” to tell its consumers “Come on in here for Wi-Fi” or a T-Mobile sign in a small corner of a Starbuck's window. For the most part you just have to play search and seek to find the locations.

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