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AT&T DSL subscriber? Get ready for free Wi-Fi

at&t free wifiIt only seems to make sense, why not get free Wi-Fi access to the over 10,000 hot spots AT&T runs if you currently subscribe to DSL?

AT&T is rolling out the free Wi-Fi to subscribers of the 3 megabit per second or higher. The lower service subscribers still get stuck with a $1.99 fee for unlimited Wi-Fi access. Why not just allow all AT&T subscribers to get this as an added benefit to being a customer?

AT&T has been expanding its 2.5G and 3G cell networks, but is seeing a place for expansion into the Wi-Fi market as it evident with Apple's iPhone. Data downloads on a 2.5G network peak at about 200 KB, and hooking onto their Wi-Fi networks can see data downloads hit broadband speeds.

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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