Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
How To Get Free WiFi Hotspot Access If You Are A Comcast Internet Customer
Ever been out and about wishing you had a wifi connection?
Of course you have!
Instead of trolling for open wifi signals, you might want to consider a more reliable solution. Of course, you could sign-up for Boingo, Wayport or other WiFi networks, but if you are a Comcast Hispeed Internet Customer (randomly branded Xfinity recently to confuse customers as much as possible of course), you might want to check out this option before you go out and spend any more money.
I recently found out that I can get access to a free WiFi hotspot roaming account just because I’m a Comcast customer — and so can you!
In fact, through this largely unpromoted feature of Comcast Internet accounts, you already have it! There’s no need to turn anything on, upgrade or change anything on your account.
If you take a look at the coverage map of NYC and the Tri-State Area, you’ll see that there are TONS of Free WiFi Hotspots available for you to connect to in almost any general vicinity.

Check out the quick video blog update below which I recorded today and uploaded using the free WiFi connection that details how to get free WiFi access across town and while traveling:
QUESTION: WHAT TYPE OF WIFI DEVICE DO YOU USE OUTSIDE YOUR HOME OR OFFICE? LAPTOP? iPHONE? iPAD? ANDROID TABLET? ANOTHER WIFI-ENABLED PHONE?
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October 22, 2010 - 7:16 pm
Thanks for that tip. It’s something I’d thought about but discarded because I didn’t think it would be possible away from my town. I will try this.