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   adrian 10 August 2008 at 7:04 pm #

   also

   1. Vide e Cafe / Mark Gold coffee shop, opp Mitchell Park, Durban
   2. Wembley Square, Gardens, Cape Town.

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   ismail 10 August 2008 at 7:54 pm #

   Nice post, was looking for something like this.

   Thanks!

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   vince 10 August 2008 at 8:01 pm #

   Thanks ismail and adrian. Adrian will add your suggestions to the list

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   SaulK 10 August 2008 at 8:11 pm #

   Awesome post. Lulu’s here I come!
   Fairly soon every restaurant will have this available and freelances who need a change of scenery will be in heaven

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   SheBee 10 August 2008 at 8:14 pm #

   Taco Zulu’s in Florida Road, Durban has unlimited wireless access for free, with excellent coffee too

   Sexy waiters included. Just saying…

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   vince 10 August 2008 at 8:46 pm #

   Awesome SheBee used to be a haunt for me too. Although I must admit I was focused on a glass of coke and not my pc..

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   Talita 10 August 2008 at 9:01 pm #

   On Lulu’s, do keep in mind that Lulu’s in Melrose Arch is closed on Sundays and the internet access at the one in Parktown North is so intermittent, it’s actually never worked when we went. The one at Nino’s in Rosebank is super fast though and the pizza is delicious

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   SheBee 10 August 2008 at 9:26 pm #

   Whats so fascinating about a glass of coke?

   o_O

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   vince 10 August 2008 at 9:34 pm #

   The bubbles are hypnotic! Apparently if you mix mentos with Coke you get an explosive mixture; that is your handy hint of the day.

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    Arthur 10 August 2008 at 9:51 pm #

    This is a great start to a really useful list. Thanks for the effort in getting it up and running. Once a more comprehensive list is available, let’s start publishing it as much as we can. On the flip side, those providing access may not wish the resultant crowds to be pushing up their bandwidth costs!

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    vince 10 August 2008 at 9:58 pm #

    Well Arthur – definitely agree with your sentiments – barring one, if you think of the “free – internet” as a ploy to attract visitors then the possible negative offshoot of increased bandwidth will be offset with an increase in patrons? After all uncapped DSL costs R2000, give or take a few grand, even if you as a coffee shoppe attract another 50 patrons its a relatively cheap marketing campaign..right?

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    Reuben 14 August 2008 at 11:39 am #

    only a pleasure!!

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    anon 27 August 2008 at 11:17 pm #

    The ones you list that offer 20MB free daily in Cape Town are pretty fast. It’s easy though to get uncapped internet at them!

    They limit you on 2 variables: Your username and your computers network address (also called MAC address).

    Once your 20MB is up, you can quickly register a new username and change your computer’s network address. This way they don’t know that it’s the same person using the same computer!

    Here are instructions on how to change your MAC quick-quick for different types of computers: http://www.tech-faq.com/change-mac-address.shtml

    Viva Free Wifi Viva!

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    Derek 2 September 2008 at 1:57 pm #

    Good Morning all, first off great topic, and I agree with you, internet should be free to the masses allowing anyone access to communication.

    I know of a site that has a list of Wi-Fi HotSpot locations
    http://www.is.co.za/hotspots/Locations.htm

    This URL is a link to 650+ HotSpots countrywide. Whilst only a few IS locations offer free internet, there are a few offering 10 minuts free complimentary access. Internet Solutions also offers cheapest mobile broadband in the country through its Wi-Fi HotSpot service.

    The following well known locations offer a complimentary internet access per user per day

    Greenfields Hatfield
    Greenfields Mall at Reds
    Mugg & Bean Ballito
    Mugg & Bean Bayside
    Mugg & Bean Bloemfontein Mimosa Mall
    Mugg & Bean Boskruin
    Mugg & Bean Broadacres
    Mugg & Bean Brooklyn
    Mugg & Bean Bryanston Coachmans Crossing
    Mugg & Bean Canal Walk
    Mugg & Bean Cape Gate
    Mugg & Bean Carnival City Mall
    Mugg & Bean Cavendish
    Mugg & Bean Centurion
    Mugg & Bean Cherry Lane
    Mugg & Bean Clearwater Mall
    Mugg & Bean Constantia
    Mugg & Bean Cresta Center
    Mugg & Bean Durbanville
    Mugg & Bean East Coast Radio House
    Mugg & Bean East London
    Mugg & Bean East Rand Mall
    Mugg & Bean Eastgate
    Mugg & Bean Emperors Palace
    Mugg & Bean Ermelo
    Mugg & Bean Faramere
    Mugg & Bean Featherbrook
    Mugg & Bean Ferndale
    Mugg & Bean Festival Mall
    Mugg & Bean Fourways Mall
    Mugg & Bean Gateway
    Mugg & Bean George
    Mugg & Bean Greenstone
    Mugg & Bean Greenstone
    Mugg & Bean Hermanus
    Mugg & Bean Hillcrest
    Mugg & Bean Irene
    Mugg & Bean Karaglen
    Mugg & Bean Kilarney Mall
    Mugg & Bean Kimberley
    Mugg & Bean Knysna
    Mugg & Bean Kollonade
    Mugg & Bean Lakeside Mall
    Mugg & Bean Lonehill
    Mugg & Bean Longbeach
    Mugg & Bean Maponya Mall
    Mugg & Bean Margate
    Mugg & Bean Melville
    Mugg & Bean Midrand
    Mugg & Bean Monte Casino
    Mugg & Bean Mossel Bay Bayview
    Mugg & Bean Mossel Bay Langeberg Mall
    Mugg & Bean Musgrave
    Mugg & Bean N1 City
    Mugg & Bean Nelspruit
    Mugg & Bean Nelspruit Crossing
    Mugg & Bean Northgate
    Mugg & Bean Norwood
    Mugg & Bean Paarl
    Mugg & Bean Paddocks
    Mugg & Bean Parkhurst
    Mugg & Bean Paulshof
    Mugg & Bean Pavillion
    Mugg & Bean PE – Greenacres
    Mugg & Bean PE – Walmer Park
    Mugg & Bean Pietermaritzburg
    Mugg & Bean Pietersburg
    Mugg & Bean Pinetown
    Mugg & Bean Plettenberg Bay
    Mugg & Bean Potch
    Mugg & Bean Princess Crossing
    Mugg & Bean Richards Bay
    Mugg & Bean Rivonia
    Mugg & Bean Rosebank
    Mugg & Bean Rustenburg
    Mugg & Bean Sandton
    Mugg & Bean Sanlam Head Office
    Mugg & Bean Somerset West
    Mugg & Bean South Coast Mall
    Mugg & Bean Southgate
    Mugg & Bean Stellenbosch Square
    Mugg & Bean Stellenbosch2
    Mugg & Bean Sun Coast
    Mugg & Bean The Glen
    Mugg & Bean Town Square
    Mugg & Bean Tygervalley
    Mugg & Bean V & A Waterfront
    Mugg & Bean Vaal Mall
    Mugg & Bean Vangate Mall
    Mugg & Bean Waterkloof
    Mugg & Bean Welgemoed
    Mugg & Bean West Coast Village
    Mugg & Bean Witbank
    Mugg & Bean Woodbridge
    Mugg & Bean Woodlands
    Mugg & Bean Worcester
    Mugg & Bean Zevenwacht

    Hope that helps
    Regards
    Derek

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    vince 2 September 2008 at 2:36 pm #

    Wow awesome thank you Derek; I will add them to the list!

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    Nico de Wet 19 October 2008 at 2:20 pm #

    Hi there,

    Just to announce that we recently completed the installation of RedButton Free WiFi hotspots at all six Sundance Gourmet Coffee Co stores in Cape Town. Each hotspot gives an automated free allowance of 20MB daily and you can use your RedButton account at each store:

    1) CBD – 59 Buitengracht street
    2) CBD – 25 Church street
    3) Mouille Point Village – 18 Bay road, Surrey Place
    4) V&A Waterfront – Shop 6, Albert Mall
    5) Sea Point – Shop 2, Equinox Building, 154 Main rd
    6) Green Point – Cape Royale Hotel, 47 Main Road

    Kind Regards,
    Nico

    PS: A comment on an anonymous post on attempting to circumvent hotspot security measures, this is no different to attempting to circumvent paying for your meal or coffee.

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    za5 29 October 2008 at 5:28 am #

    McDonalds Rivonia (Rivonia Rd & 7th Ave) is also free, plus they open at 6:30am should you need to email very early while having breakfast.

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    dryburn.macbook 8 November 2008 at 10:33 am #

    what about any free wifi hotspots in bloemfontien. much apriciated

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    dryburn.macbook 11 November 2008 at 6:28 pm #

    sorry one extremly noob question is… how do i connect to the wifi at mug and bean?
    but i mean like the free 10mins… coz i cant seem to find out how… plz help

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    dryburn.macbook 12 November 2008 at 8:45 am #

    whta do you mean a wifi landing page? dont i need to select the wifi hotspot first?

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    dryburn.macbook 12 November 2008 at 9:03 am #

    coz i was there on monday, and i tried but went to the alwayson.co.za page and requires a username and password… so how do i get the free 10mins?

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    Derek 12 November 2008 at 9:32 am #

    Hi guys when you go to the Mugg , and want to use the net for 10 mins, select the complimentary 10 access on the landing page on the left hand side, this will allow you access for 10 mins.
    Thanks
    Derek

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    Derek 12 November 2008 at 9:36 am #

    Complimentary Access
    Register for 10 Minutes free access, this is above the Purchase Hotspot Access once you have clicked this you will be granted 10 mins free usage link- see below

    https://hotspot.alwayson.co.za/hotspot/normal/Login.asp?hid=100

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    dryburn.macbook 12 November 2008 at 1:05 pm #

    thanks derek

    one other question can you use the mac address spoofing method to get extra minutes?

    ill try jus now with an ipod touch. and then see whats happening will get back at you

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    dryburn.macbook 12 November 2008 at 1:06 pm #

    oh anyone who is in bloemfontein, and wants free wifi in bloemfontein

    there is one resturant in logh logan called taumari and they have free internet

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    dryburn.macbook 12 November 2008 at 3:01 pm #

    lol y wouldn’t he? who is derek?

    i wanna find out that answer before i tell youu what happened with the mac spoofing

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    vince 12 November 2008 at 7:14 pm #

    I think Derek is from one of the service providers. I think perhaps even from one of Moral Fibre’s kind sponsors.

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    dryburn.macbook 18 November 2008 at 3:33 pm #

    stupid mug and bean!!! te internet wasn’t working today here in bloemfontein! i took my laptop there and it connected but it just didn’t wanna go to the landing page! i used it last week but today it didn’t work! i even tried with my ipod touch i jus didn’t wanna work!!! aaaahhh

    is there like a data limit to the hotspots or something?? y didn’t it allow me to use it!!!

    even last week friday went to the resturant at taurmari and i jus couldn’t get good receiption so it kept bumming out so i couldn’t connect!!! y is it every time i try to connect to wireless hotspots it doesn’t allow me!!!

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    dryburn.macbook 18 November 2008 at 7:39 pm #

    no man this is the first time i went to mug and bean with my laptop but it didn’t connect! and the manager couldn’t even help!

    oh ok but hope next time ill b able to connect! thoght maybe it was mac flitering but when i put my orignal mac address it didnt work!

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    Derek 19 November 2008 at 9:25 am #

    Morning guys, I believe the Muggs site was down for about 10 mins just before 9h00 yesterday morning,dryburn.macbook I would be interested to find out the outcome of the MAC address spoofing

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    dryburn.macbook 1 December 2008 at 11:35 pm #

    hey guys im in jhb and havent had any time to find some networks but i found one!!!! yippie maybe i should make my own site with a list of free wifi networks!!! lol just kidding! but thanks a lot vince

    so i was waiting for a who works t SABC studios so i was waiting with an other friend so i pulled out my mac just to show him a video then my mac automatically join the network!

    it only works inside the building, even if your right outside it doesn’t work

    well im basically stuck at my friends place so i cant go find or go to the mall to join networks.

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    dryburn.macbook 1 December 2008 at 11:37 pm #

    oh and by the way the outcome of the mac spoofing, it worked with an ipod touch when i first tried at mug and bean but i cant get to the landing page so cant see if it still works, will have to see when i get back to bloem

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    dryburn.macbook 2 December 2008 at 6:19 pm #

    yea within sabc

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    dryburn.macbook 8 December 2008 at 6:54 pm #

    hey people i sat at the mall using mug and beans internet for like 2 hours! yea mac spoofing works. and is really simple to use. tell me if u want to find out more ill send u an email if u ask

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    vince 9 December 2008 at 12:15 pm #

    This is very interesting, I wonder dryburn.macbook why don’t you post the how to on this forum? I’m interested to see how this all works. You’re clearly anonymous and I’m not going to ‘out’ you.

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    dryburn.macbook 10 December 2008 at 1:04 pm #

    hey i wrote like a really long reply dont no y it didn’t show up… dam i forgot what i said

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    vince 10 December 2008 at 1:13 pm #

    My bad there, we switched hosts and some of the files disappeared when i uploaded them so i have had to disable the ‘reply’ option for now..

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    dryburn.macbook 10 December 2008 at 1:18 pm #

    oh ok well dam did u read wat i sadi or it didnt send at all???

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    vince 10 December 2008 at 1:27 pm #

    nope it didn’t save at all – pretty weird actually. I think the site was probably refreshing just as you hit send.

    My apologies! Why don’t you see if you can back it up on your side – I always find a good cup of coffee is pretty much Ctrl + F5′s equivalent.

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    dryburn.macbook 21 December 2008 at 9:28 am #

    so i picked up like 15 wifi hotspots in knysna but i couldnt connect to them because the signal was extremely weak and i couldnt pick up the source. but any know of free wifi hot spots in knysna or plet?

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    vincent hofmann 24 December 2008 at 9:58 pm #

    Damn that sucks! I’ve asked around and come up rather blank, did you find anything out yet?

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    thedutch 22 January 2009 at 2:27 pm #

    hi dryburn,

    just arrived in SA from Sweden (where pretty much every bar/cafe/hotel has ‘near free’ internet) and quite chocked by the prices and unavailability here (now surfing on a vdfne card for 189rand for 500mb) so if you could enlighten me how to surf for free on the 10-minute limited networks it’d be very much appreciated!

    Greetings,

    Dutch
    dpsberlijn@hotmail.com

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    dryburn.macbook 2 February 2009 at 5:38 pm #

    you might mistaken vince!! very much mistaken!!! they trying to fork out as much money as they can before the fiber optic cables are launched!

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    George Hidleburg 26 April 2009 at 3:11 pm #

    Sandton Lodge Boutique Hotel in Rivonia, has free ASDL to thier rooms and free un-capped wirless hot spots on the property internet very fast

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    Necropolis 26 April 2009 at 6:14 pm #

    Not really a free service, but the company 2 floors above where I work has an unsecured wireless network, which I may or may not have used in the past when our office connection was down.

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    Max 27 October 2009 at 1:29 pm #

    It’s been 6 months since the last update. Anyone found any more hotspots with free unlimited internet access??

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    jasonloupis 13 May 2010 at 2:50 am #

    Thanks. Gonna look at doing this at JB’s.

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    vince 19 October 2008 at 5:20 pm #

    @Nico de Wet, Thanks for the updates Nico! Yeah we one hundred percent agree with your views on circumnavigating wireless internet hotspots – in the interests of keeping this dialogue as open as is possible I’ll leave the comment be.

    Thanks again, cheers for now.

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    vince 8 November 2008 at 10:54 am #

    @dryburn.macbook, will spread the word that you’re looking and get back to you hopefully with an answer. If there is a Dros in the area, they generally have free Wifi. Also try Ninos, Capellos, Cafe Dulce, Lulus and or Vida e caffe as they generally have free wireless in store.

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    dryburn.macbook 11 November 2008 at 5:51 pm #

    @vince, thanks a lot. yea free internet should b available every where

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    vince 11 November 2008 at 6:59 pm #

    @dryburn.macbook, sure thing all you need to do is switch your wireless on. Go to whichever browser you use, navigate to any page and hit refresh. You should be prompted with a wi – fi landing page.

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    vince 12 November 2008 at 9:36 am #

    @dryburn.macbook, Hmm thats a wee bit strange – I know that you get it at some spots. Is there not a link which says “free trial” on the page, thats how I accessed it at Seattle Coffee Shop.

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    vince 12 November 2008 at 9:44 am #

    @Derek, Awesome thank you Derek. Nice one for watching this thread and adding new info as and when you have it!

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    vince 12 November 2008 at 2:06 pm #

    @dryburn.macbook, if only you knew how funny your reply to derrik is Hint : Remove foot from mouth.

    I’m sure if my assumptions are correct that someone like derrik might not appreciate attempts to “get extra minutes”.

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    vince 18 November 2008 at 3:42 pm #

    @dryburn.macbook, as far as I’m aware you should have no issues connecting to hotspots – maybe they’re on to you and your sneaky tactics. haha.

    Cool to see you dropping by, thanks for coming back.

    Would you mind compiling a list of spots in Bloem which you find with free WI – Fi ? I’ll add them to the ever growing list.

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    Talita 18 November 2008 at 4:33 pm #

    @dryburn.macbook, it happens – it’s not clock work dependable especially if they’ve just started making it available, not enough towers – if one has a glitch youre screwed.

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    vince 1 December 2008 at 11:39 pm #

    @dryburn.macbook, Ah nicely done – so within the SABC building you get free wireless?

    I’ve recently got an iphone so I might stumble upon more free wireless sites as I walk about the malls / city and the rest of Jozi.

    So another spot gets added to the list.

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    robbie rob 9 December 2008 at 9:56 am #

    @dryburn.macbook, yeah!
    robbiek1234@gmail.com

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    vincent hofmann 22 January 2009 at 2:35 pm #

    Where are abouts are you staying? If you’re on MSN, I’ll chat to you there too as this will save you some of that 3g bandwidth!

    The free 10 minutes is generally at Mugg and Bean or Exclusive Books and is dependant on the available wi – fi supplier. Let me find out from Internet Solutions how it all works and they’ll sort out some form of instruction manual.

    For now try to find the nearest Lulus coffee shoppe and you’ll have unlimited free internet.

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    Derek 22 January 2009 at 2:46 pm #

    Hi Dutch, just dropped you a mail as per Vinces comment

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    vincent hofmann 22 January 2009 at 2:47 pm #

    Looks like you’ve been sorted out already! Internet Solutions Rocks!

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    vincent hofmann 22 January 2009 at 2:48 pm #

    Nice one Derek!

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    vincent hofmann 26 April 2009 at 3:17 pm #

    Awesome thanks George for the tip! Really helps us a hell of lot to compile an even greater list and get everyone online and well on moral fibre

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