Cloud internet connection in Wetherspoon/ McDonalds etc

[John Marwood]

Its probably me..


But I have tried on three different occasions/places to register with this thing to use a laptop and each time its not had it

Anyone had success?

Any tips?

 

[Tinkerbell]

I have the same problem, I've never been able to use the Internet at mcdonalds. I've tried using a few round the country and it's never worked :-(

 

[Mr X]

Same here, i've tried in McDonalds, Wetherspoons, KFC, a number of pubs/Brewers Fayre type places and never succeeded. I've only ever tried mobile devices though, never a full laptop.

 

[wmrcomputers]

REgister???? really

The last time i used macdonalds, i just connected to their wifi, opened my web browser and it presented me with a page that just requested my email address. i typed in mini@mickymouse.com and it let me surf away.

Having said that, it was several years ago so things could have changed

 

[halfmanhalfbrisket]

I've never been able to connect to the Cloud.. Had it at my Uni and it never worked then ditto in some shopping centres.. think it might be a register one time jobby then sign in wherever using that nickname/password?

 

[John Marwood]

Oh cheers

I feel slightly less buffoon like now

 

[Wookie]

Mrs W claims to have had success in Wetherspoons a few years ago. I've never been able to get the DS to connect to anything public.

 

[John Marwood]

We should OUT them!

 

[Wormella]

I suspect the DS thing is to do with it only being able to log on to things secured in a certain way - which is the least secure way of securing anything, so no one uses it. (Does that make sense??)

 

[wizzard]

Tesco's Cafe now offer it all you need is your clubcard, if you don't, you get 15 mins free, then you are encouraged to sign up for one.

 

[Wookie]

You mean WEP rather than WPA? True, but I would have expected that since it's designed to be public/free it should be unencrypted. Or not?

 

[John Marwood]

So

Basically

Stafford and wifi = SHIT