Help connecting to a open WiFi at McDonalds

Just a little, Mcdonalds may advertise a free wifi, but you have to read between the lines. Mickey Ds uses a wifi provider called Wayport Access. With W.A. , getting on the internet is free, but browsing is different. You have to pay a one time amount of money via credit card. Once you pay, you will recieve a coupon ID. On the W.A. home page for Mickey Ds, it asks for your coupon #. It also says buy a connection, which is buying the coupon #.
So to answer the question, its not you, its them. It is a way to get more customers for them. If someone sees Wifi advertised. They will stop to check their email. See? 🙂

If you have an account with AT&T (or BellSouth) Broadband at home, you can have free access to McDonald's WiFi....

First you need to open Safari, and it will take you to McDonald's WiFi page. You make the connection either by using your AT&T / BellSouth password, or if you don't have AT&T account, sign up to pay for the connection.

Also, you might want to ask the store person to see if they have free one time use coupon which has a pass code. I am finding out many don't even know what WiFi means, or they don't even know if they have such service. Most McDonald's do have WiFi.

That's just typical Mickey D employees. 🙂

Cough.. Wireless Fidelity.. Cough