wifi for ubuntu

[Dave Hall]

On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 06:14 -0700, wahin wrote: 
> Hello there,
> 
> Bandwidth/Download limit isa big problem for me in melbourne. So i was
> wondering if there are any free wifi hotspots availble for my linux
> netbook to download updates and ofcourse recently installed miro tv,
> so i would like to try that out too.
> 
> I did try googling, but most of them are old pages outdated and i
> visited about 6 places but now they have password for their wireless.
> Mcdonalds has 40mb download limit
> Starbucks needs iinet login username and passwd
> state library does not let you download large files.
> So any other ones that you may be aware of

<2hrs drive from Melbourne is Newstead (http://newstead.vic.au), which
has 3 free wifi APs (30min session limits, rolling 100Mb per 30min
download quota, http/s allowed, no miro/bt), ubuntu powered internet
cafe and some other geeky stuff.  Motel is town is cheap too.

An alternative would be to switch to internode or some other ISP that
offers unmetered mirrors.

Cheers

Dave