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It would be great to know where free, publicly accessible (municipal or otherwise) hotspots are when travelling in foreign cities. Does such a utility exist (website/app etc.)?

pnuts
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There are several.

Two of the biggest are:

Hope that helps!

Another trick I figured out in Kazakhstan is to search for foursquare.com posts about wifi - for example, I was wondering if Astana airport had free wifi, and indeed, https://foursquare.com/venue/2442553 confirmed that it did, and that it is fast! :)

Mark Mayo
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FON is a community based on wifi sharing. Once you subscribe, you get free access to all other FON wifi hotspots.

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There are a lot of these.

The company that I've found to be dependable is JiWire, which has both the Global Wi-Fi Finder and the Wi-Fi ZONE Finder. Several other services use theirs as a back-end.

Some others:

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