Surfing the net in Vons

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Surfing the net in Vons

I was in Von's (Super Market chain in California) last night and I just decided to pull out my IPT just to see if they had a Wi-Fi network and lo and behold, they have FREE WIFI for shoppers...A Vons login page loaded and all I had to do was press "login" and I was on the net...unrestricted...pretty cool... 8-)

PowerBook G4 Firewire800, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2G memory

Posted on Oct 8, 2007 12:06 PM

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Big_papa

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Oct 8, 2007 12:07 PM in response to Ronnoco

thats awsome......im glad for you i wish more places offered free wifi

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A A P L

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Oct 8, 2007 12:09 PM in response to Ronnoco

Yeah, great, now we can hang in the frozen foods section waiting to hit on other cool gurls with iPods too... 🙂

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Ronnoco Author

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Oct 8, 2007 12:11 PM in response to Big_papa

It was pretty cool but I find it odd that there were no signs letting shoppers know about it...maybe it is very new or just in testing stages...anyway, needless to say several people commented on my IPT and marveled at the WiFi capabilities...
Needless to say I will be shopping at Vons more often...I'm sure my S/O will be wondering why I am volunteering to do the grocery shopping for her...LOL

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A A P L

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Oct 8, 2007 12:12 PM in response to Ronnoco

I heard it's for a new service that will attach displays to carts for specials, etc.

Scott

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Oct 8, 2007 12:13 PM in response to Ronnoco

It may just be that the wi-fi is a company resource, and that they just left it open, which may mean that you shouldn't be using it. But who knows?

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Ronnoco Author

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Oct 8, 2007 12:16 PM in response to pieaholicx

Well, it was clearly marked as a Vons page for Vons Shoppers...it had "helpful shopping hints" and told of new "Von's Club" offers...it may however be a beta, because I asked a few employees and they had no idea abut it...

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Oct 8, 2007 12:18 PM in response to Ronnoco

As harsh as this may be, did you actually expect an employee to know something about it? Seriously, employees are usually the least informed people anywhere when changes happen.

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Ronnoco Author

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Oct 8, 2007 12:20 PM in response to pieaholicx

Good point...I guess I was just so excited that I lost my head...lol

It was a VERY FAST network... 😉
Next time I go, I will sit at the instore Starbucks and surf for a while... lol

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