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Burger King - 100 Brant Street - Burlington

Physical Landmark: Burger King - 100 Brant Street - Burlington
Major Intersection: north of QEW
GPS Lat: 43.34266
GPS Lon: -79.82363

Network: linksys
WEP: No
Type: free
Location: burger joint
Country: Canada
Contributor: WB3
Comments: nice and fast and easy to connect. No plugs to be seen though. Might be accessible from Tim Hortons next door, or other places.

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Second Cup - 700 King Street West - Toronto

Physical Landmark: Second Cup - 700 King Street West - Toronto
Major Intersection: west of Bathrust, south of Adelaide
GPS Lat: 43.64384
GPS Lon: -79.40303

Network Name: ?
WEP: $, Commercial
Contributor: Netwireless.ca
Comments: Ask at the counter for a 4 hour free trial period (from netwireless), $4.95 for a single hour (90 day expiration), $6.95 for 4 hours (4 hour expiration), $9.95 for a 24-hour period, $34.95 for a month.

Telephone:

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Second Cup - 1 University - Toronto

Physical Landmark: Second Cup - 1 University - Toronto
Major Intersection: south of Wellington, North of Front
GPS Lat: 43.64578
GPS Lon: -79.38372

Network Name: ?
WEP: $, Commercial
Contributor: Netwireless.ca
Comments: Ask at the counter for a 4 hour free trial period (from netwireless), $4.95 for a single hour (90 day expiration), $6.95 for 4 hours (4 hour expiration), $9.95 for a 24-hour period, $34.95 for a month.

Telephone:

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Hamilton Burger King gets free WiFi

There's something funny about a Burger King sandwich costing $8... I mean really, you must be joking...

Washington Inauguration of W Takes Advantage of WiFI

Good for them... Washington DC gets hotspot during the inauguration... Good place to watch JibJab

Beachside Grill - 1922 Queen Street East

Physical Landmark: Beachside Grill - 1922 Queen Street East
Major Intersection: Queen St E and Woodbine
GPS Lat: 43.66920
GPS Lon: -79.30382

Network: BeachsideNet
WEP: no
Type: free
Location: Restaurant
Country: Canada
Contributor: T_Shifter
Comments: Hours: 7:00am to 9:00pm

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Comments back ON - Support for "nofollow" enabled

Wow a bit of collaboration on the part of the search engines. Is this the sign of a new age of "working together"? I hope so...

I have enabled comments again on the blog entries and hope to start adding some new hotspots soon I have been remiss. The reason? I think bloggers and search engines have come up with a simple, technically feasible solution to discouraging comments spammers.

Also I have installed support for the "nofollow" attribute in the <a href> tag. The purpose is to end comment spam, or at least curtail it. The major search engines and bloggers have agreed that any link with rel="nofollow" in it will not be spidered. I have installed the official plugin from SixApart, makers of MovableType, so that all links that are inserted into the comments and trackback fields have the rel="nofollow" automatically added. Spammers who add comments with links do not have anything to gain as the search engines will not follow their links any longer. Hurrah! I hope this actually works...

The caveat of course is that people who post real comments with links will not increase the ranking of the target site either... It is a double edged sword. Just be happy that links exist and are available in comments ;)

Vonage announces WiFi Handset

Vonage .::. The BROADBAND Phone Company

Interesting announcement. The idea is that you can use the Vonage service on any 802.11b network and carry your phone around with you... THis is pretty much a cell phone-type product for wifi hotspots with a portable phone number between home and away... I hope they make it available in Canada...