iPhone enjoys free AT&T Wifi

Free. It's a great word.


And now you can use free and your other favorite word -- iPhone -- in the same sentence, as long as you subscribe to AT&T's broadband service.


According to the Associated Press and CNN, AT&T said Wednesday that will be make its 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots free to almost all broadband Internet customers starting next week.


Until now, that access was reserved for subscribers to the company's premium broadband services.


I'm one of the lucky ones in this case and I've had the free Wi-Fi for a while now because I have AT&T broadband. I must say that I don't use it all that often; the only place that's really close by is the McDonald's in the base of my apartment building.


But when I really want to use Wi-Fi in my lobby, I order a side salad and log in. The log-in process is cumbersome and takes about 5 minutes. But once you are in, it works just fine.