Free WiFi at McDonalds

[Map Monkey]

Need that PQ whilst on the road?
Want to check for insta-notifications in your emails?
Need to log a FTF before the real FTFer?
Can't live without posting to the GCA forums 20 times a day?
Forgot to pay and book online for camping fees for recent caching Events?

Time to pull into those large servos with Maccas and hook to the net for nothing.

The rollout of free internet to almost all Mcdonalds in Australia is underway. For a list of available locations (updately daily i believe) check out this site ==> mcdonalds-australia-store-wifi-locator.html , with a good FAQ located here ==> free-wifi-faq.html

BTW, there is no requirement to buy anything from McDonalds to gain free access. Just another option for those travelling cachers.

mm

[Mr Router]

Need that PQ whilst on the road?
Want to check for insta-notifications in your emails?
Need to log a FTF before the real FTFer?
Can't live without posting to the GCA forums 20 times a day?
Forgot to pay and book online for camping fees for recent caching Events?

I have those symptoms Is that bad

[Team Wibble]

So it will really be FREE wi - fi this time?

For some time now many Maccas have advertised themselves as Wi -fi hotspots, but you can't use it unless you enter your credit card number (or are an existing Bigpond customer or something...)

If it is truly free now, then... woo hoo!

[Mr Router]

So it will really be FREE wi - fi this time?
If it is truly free now, then... woo hoo!

Yes we have used it several times in cowra and canberra But with conditions like no downloads over 50 meg Bugger

[Map Monkey]

So it will really be FREE wi - fi this time?

Yes, it will be truly free. It has always been a Telstra hotspot, with costs around $12 per hour, dependant on selection, however this new concept will be very handy indeed.

It has been available for free at some Maccas for some time....the one at Gosford in front of the Formula1 motel was always free IIRC.

Have a look at that FAQ link above and it will clearly tell you more than i possibly could.

have those symptoms Is that bad

I'll get back to you on that....

BTW the download limit of 50meg is per session. What do you expect for free?

mm

[Mr Router]

BTW the download limit of 50meg is per session. What do you expect for free?

mm

Yes know that one No problems with that How many pq's and gca post does that add up to Lots
The best part is you dont have to eat the chit to use the service, second best you wont get arrested infront of a new friends house borrowing theres Bargains all round
Finally a use for Maccas

[tronador]

that's great news

[Guest]

I think maccas are behind the game, they sort of blew it by teaming up with Telstra, or more to the point the business plan Telstra use for all services -- charge till they're all broke.

3G and data services in general are finally becoming reasonable and you aren't stuck in fixed locations, such as restraunts, to use it.

[Cheesy pigs]

Need that PQ whilst on the road?
Want to check for insta-notifications in your emails?
Need to log a FTF before the real FTFer?
Can't live without posting to the GCA forums 20 times a day?
Forgot to pay and book online for camping fees for recent caching Events?

Time to pull into those large servos with Maccas and hook to the net for nothing.

The rollout of free internet to almost all Mcdonalds in Australia is underway. For a list of available locations (updately daily i believe) check out this site ==> mcdonalds-australia-store-wifi-locator.html , with a good FAQ located here ==> free-wifi-faq.html

BTW, there is no requirement to buy anything from McDonalds to gain free access. Just another option for those travelling cachers.

mm

All that and an egg and bacon muffin as well??? I'm sold.

[Papa Bear_Left]

I'll still refuse to make my third ever entrance into a MacDonald's store (the second time I was, quite literally, carried kicking and screaming. I was 19!) but I can see myself parking in their lot to grab that photo off the cachepage that never made it into Cachemate, etc!

[Mr Router]

I'll still refuse to make my third ever entrance into a MacDonald's store (the second time I was, quite literally, carried kicking and screaming. I was 19!) but I can see myself parking in their lot to grab that photo off the cachepage that never made it into Cachemate, etc!

With a good quality dipole you can sit up to half a block away

[Guest]

With a good quality dipole you can sit up to half a block away

bi-directional 15dBm amp + 10dBm card + 10dBm antenna and you can go a tad futher than half a block...

[caughtatwork]

I'll still refuse to make my third ever entrance into a MacDonald's store (the second time I was, quite literally, carried kicking and screaming. I was 19!) but I can see myself parking in their lot to grab that photo off the cachepage that never made it into Cachemate, etc!

With a good quality dipole you can sit up to half a block away

Sounds rather dirty, ey, what?

[If]

I've been waiting for this since it was announced last year
I can see this being useful, as Papa Bear left said, for checking on those picture clues.
Especially on pushbike rides where I am travelling with just the GPSr and PDA
I'm not going to be giving up my local bakery addiction though
Mmmmm, bakeries

[Bundyrumandcoke]

I've used it at the Bribie island turnoff. Absolutely free, but 50 MB limit per session. It has made planning for the big trip in March/April a whole lot easier. I was contemplating wireless broadband, then prepaid wireless broadband. Now, just going to use Maccas.

But 1 Q. Is it Australia wide, specifically SA, Vic?

Cheers
Bundy