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is wi-fi free to use no matter where you are or what the connection source is? i know mcdonalds and starbucks advertise free wi-fi but if im walking through a shopping mall and my phone picks up an open connection source to wi-fi from maybe carphone warehouse or some place is it free to use? I live in uk
ignore the title, i mean is wi-fi free to use?
ignore the title, i mean is wi-fi free to use?

Not really. Being able to see a connection dosen’t mean that you can use it to transfer data. Many of the connections your phone finds will be encrypted, you won’t be able to use them without the encryption key.

You also need to be careful about the potential for stores to send things to your phone, or taking data of it. There have been many cases of people stealing personal details from a laptop via wi-fi.

Many places have the connections password protected. You have to buy access (a password) which lasts for a specific length of time. Even places like Starbucks expect you to buy something if you use the wi-fi.

You might also find connections in residential areas. The majority of these are encrypted. If its not encryped you might be able to use it, though that is stealing. Somebody is paying the ISP for that bandwidth.

However, there are some public free wi-fi sources, many libraries have them.

If you do connect to a wi-fi source you might still find limitations. Bandwidth will usually be managed to stop you downloading large amounts of data or consuming so much that other people cannot use it.

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