[Tfug] OT: How to nab free T-Mobile WiFi lovin' without running

[Matt Jacob]

In case anyone was wondering, Engadget was wrong about the free
T-Mobile Hotspot access. It only works with Vista and IE7 because it
requires users to install an ActiveX control. Can't complain too much,
though---it's free and relatively fast (1.5 Mbps up/down).

Matt

On 1/30/07, Angus Scott-Fleming <angussf at geoapps.com> wrote:
> Seen online this morning ...
>
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> How to nab free T-Mobile WiFi lovin' without running Vista
>  Posted Jan 29th 2007 2:14PM by Paul Miller
>  Filed under: Laptops, Wireless
>
>  So, you're not quite ready to spring for a copy of
>  Vista, or maybe your system can't handle it, or perhaps
>  you're running Mac OS or (gasp) Linux. Why should you be
>  left out of those three months of free T-Mobile WiFi
>  just because you don't kowtow to The Man? Never fear, it
>  turns out it isn't all that hard to get tricksy on those
>  T-Mobile Hotspots, since they're only verifying your OS
>  based on the user agent string your browser spits out.
>  Luckily for you, a simple bit of googling will quickly
>  reveal methods for swapping the user agent on most major
>  browsers, and once you enter the string "Mozilla/4.0
>  (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)" you should be
>  all good to go. Then all you'll need to do is train your
>  browser to http://hotspot.t-mobile.com/vista/ and start
>  browsing those internets. Tell 'em Engadget sent ya',
>  they'll understand.
> --------- Included Stuff Ends ---------
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/29/how-to-nab-free-t-mobile-wifi-
> lovin-without-running-vista/
>
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> http://www.geoapps.com/
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